The 26th November is World Olive Tree Day! Yes, really!! UNESCO gives more information about it on its website here. The olive branch has been used for centuries to symbolise peace, harmony and wisdom. It is well recognised around the world. And of course, who …
The Haybale Square was designed to be one of the harvest blanket squares in a CAL during November 2022. Please note: this post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something using one of them I may get a small commission at not extra cost to …
The Snow Glory crochet Wall Hanging is a free pattern below. Made with #6 weight yarn it works up quickly and looks great! I was thrilled when Allison asked me to host her free Snow Glory Wall Hanging on the blog. It is part of …
When is a wine bottle cozy a go-to crochet pattern? Last year my husband caught me off guard. He called me from work to tell me we were going out for the evening. Turns out we were invited to a friend’s house the week before …
The little dots bib is a great baby bib pattern that works up quickly and looks fabulous! This baby bib crochet pattern is not Christmas-sy in the traditional sense. The bib doesn’t have a snowman or Christmas trees on it. But you can use your …
This Nordic Snowflake blanket is a great crochet pattern. It is as snuggly as it looks and uses corner to corner techniques. I have had the idea for this Nordic Snowflake blanket in my head for about 18 months now. The problem is that as …
Welcome to the Community Garden Blanket CAL. After the success of the Friendship Blanket and Bouquet of Flowers Afghan CAL I know that lots of you will love to give this one a go too! Why call it the Community Garden Blanket? This is another …
There are lots of free crochet blanket border s out there, but this one is definitely worth stopping to check out! It is an intermediate pattern, but only because of the dc2tog! But don’t worry about those! I have a photo tutorial for these stitches and …
Are you an avid reader? Is someone you know? If so, you can’t go wrong with making a bookmark. My daughter seems to think books are like WIPs – it’s fine to have 6 books on the go! It drives me bonkers just thinking about …
When Shannon from The Loophole Fox and Agat from Made by Gootie asked me to be part of their Harmony Blanket CAL I knew I wanted to use the bobble stitch to create a timeless but modern design. They had an idea to host a …
I found the zipper join while researching for the Community Garden Blanket CAL. I wanted a different type of join from the obvious single crochet or slip stitch join. A lot of people don’t like the joining part when it comes to assembling the squares …
Unisex crochet hat patterns – we need more of them! Do you agree? Despite it’s name, the Hannah Beanie is a unisex crochet hat pattern. So why call it the Hannah Beanie? I like to try to create ‘collections’ based on stitches or stitch combinations. …
