On Mondays I'm lucky enough to have J free from work responsibilities (he works a four day week) and it's something that we ...

I am addicted to making blankets and I think much of the appeal lies in finding a pattern that delivers a huge amount of feel good throughout the making process. The very act of crocheting row upon ...

I found out a few days ago that this endlessly grey weather has an official weathery name - welcome to the "Anticyclonic ...

My crochet Hexagons, I am LOVING them right now, can't get enough. For a brief spell I fell out of love, I got fed up with the fiddlesomeness of them, the fact that they are very hard to do whilst ...

After a lot of searching on the internet looking for holly leaf patterns I couldn't find any that were easy enough/neat enough for my liking. So I did what I often do and had a go at designing ...

As is usual for my blankets, I've chose fifteen shades of Stylecraft Special DK for my Dune blanket. This is enough to make a single/twin size blanket measuring approximately 120cm x 180cm. If you ...

I designed the Yuletide blanket as a cosy, colourful winter blanket to be used in the home during the festive season. It's a blanket I imagine draped over the back of a sofa, or folded up on the arm ...

These crochet bears are very simple to make and were inspired by the old fashioned traditional knitted bears that have been around for decades. There are many different charitable organisations around ...

The Fireside Blanket celebrates the cosiness of time spent indoors during the cold weather, snuggling up in a favourite chair and enjoying the warmth and comfort of home. It has something of an old ...

The Springfrost pattern uses treble crochet stitches (UK terms) combined with treble spike stitches to create a beautiful stripe with an incredible, squishy, textured feel. The pattern is easy to ...

I shared the Dahlia blanket journey here on my blog at the start of 2020. This project was worked as a CAL (Crochet-A-Long) over a period of 8 weeks throughout January and February 2020 for those who ...