Mixed Toffee Cowl

Mixed Toffee Cowl

At the end of November 2019 we hosted our first CAL with the Mixed Toffee Cowl. All of our CALs are currently done on our FB Community page. It was great fun! The interaction with the members of our community page was great, and we 

2019 – What a Year!!

2019 – What a Year!!

2019 – What a year!! Would you believe that 2019 was the first full year of Sunflower Cottage Crochet?? Sara started it in around November 2018. By January I was helping her to test all of her patterns and brainstorm some of her ideas. It 

Easiest and Most Useful Hanging Basket

Easiest and Most Useful Hanging Basket

I have a great pattern for you this week: Grayson Hanging Basket–which happens to be the easiest and most useful hanging basket pattern I have seen! Let’s face it, we all can use some more organization in our homes but sometimes, coming up with ideas 

Crochet Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern

Crochet Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern

A Christmas collection of patterns wouldn’t be complete without a tree skirt!  The Robin’s Christmas Tree Skirt goes perfect with the Robin’s Blanket and Robin’s Stocking patterns and coordinate perfectly for your home. I designed this while my dad was in his final stages of 

Quick free crochet ear warmer pattern: Learn the floret stitch

Quick free crochet ear warmer pattern: Learn the floret stitch

  Are you looking for an easy and quick crochet ear warmer pattern? Look no further! In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to make a beautiful ear warmer with the floret stitch – the perfect way to add texture and warmth. 

12 Days of Christmas Round-up!!! Join us and other fabulous designers!!

12 Days of Christmas Round-up!!! Join us and other fabulous designers!!

So many designers have so many pretty patterns available for the festive season. We decided that we wanted to do a 12 Days of Christmas Round-up for you guys to showcase some of these fabulous patterns! So we have teamed up with 10 fabulous designers 

Robin’s Stocking – the only stocking pattern you will need!

Robin’s Stocking – the only stocking pattern you will need!

Robin’s Stocking truly is the ONLY stocking pattern you will ever need… From a distance it looks like we use little delicate cables in this pattern … but we don’t! It actually uses the sedge stitch which is worked in rows with single crochets in between. When it is sewn together the rows go up and down. The effect is just perfect for a farmhouse Christmas stocking pattern.

The Sedge Stitch and Susan Wrist Warmers

The Sedge Stitch and Susan Wrist Warmers

Join us today as we look at the sedge stitch in our Stitch of the Week series and create the Susan Wrist Warmers with us. What’s in a name? Despite having what I think is quite a dull and uninspiring name (it reminds me of 

Robin Richard Farmhouse Christmas Collection of Crochet Patterns

Robin Richard Farmhouse Christmas Collection of Crochet Patterns

T’is the Season …. For the Robin Richard Farmhouse Christmas Collection! Here in the UK we seem to have made quite a sharp turn from a mild autumn to what is promising to be a cold winter! The days are most definitely shorter but as 

X’s Coffee Beanie Cozy … Stitch of the Week and Pattern!

X’s Coffee Beanie Cozy … Stitch of the Week and Pattern!

Learn how to crochet the X Stitch (cross stitch) with our free coffee beanie pattern! The X stitch is such a useful stitch to know. We have used it in quite a lot of our designs. It also looks great paired with the bean stitch! 

Our Highland Collection Expands!

Our Highland Collection Expands!

We are expanding our Highland Collection this week with the release of not one … but two quick and easy patterns! We have released our Highland Scarf and Highland Wrap. His and Her’s? We have the Highland Men’s Scarf for the man in your life, 

How to do the Bean Stitch – Stitch of the week and Our New Product Line

How to do the Bean Stitch – Stitch of the week and Our New Product Line

This week we are bringing you the bean stitch and an awesome free pattern for one of our Coffee Beanie Cozies! You can see from the picture that the bean stitch is really quite distinctive but its actually really quite simple. Thus making it a