Have you seen my Spiky Waves Throw? ย It’s a pattern from my latest crochet book and has to be one of the most satisfying projects I’ve made in a while. ย Its a very therapeutic design to crochet and creates a gorgeous blanket that you just want to snuggle under for ages.
Oh crumbs – I’m excited. ย You can meet me in Crochet Now magazine! ย The lovely folks at Crochet Now asked me to write a designer sketchbook containing a little bit about me and how I approached designing for my latest book! I struggled and screwed up my face, huffed and puffed, but managed to write […]
Last year I was commissioned to be a guest designer in Tracey Todhunter’s crochet book.ย I was asked to rustle up a flower blanket pattern using gorgeous DMC Woolly.ย The design had to include a join-as-you-go method so after lots of uhm-ing and ah-ing I came up with this… Flower Blanket I’m so pleased with […]
One week before Christmas I began to work on Dads Christmas present. ย A ripple blanket in bright colours and a folky feel. ย Folk = scraps in my mind so I rummaged a sizeable collection of Cascade 220 Superwash from the Wool Stash and got hooking. There are splooshes of pink and peach, green and brown… […]
.I made loads of squares for my granny square book and since then they’ve been neatly piled in a corner of my craft room. ย They’ve been moved around and resorted over and over again but always end up in a neat pile in the corner. ย Some have still got their labels on! I thought I’d […]