There is this ball of yarn that has been teasing me for months. It'd been sitting there at the craft shop pretending to be all innocent whilst beguiling me with it's pretty colours. But be proud of me, dear reader, because I resisted the urge to get it until I had a definite idea of … Continue reading The One Where I Obsess About Things Part 2
Isn't time a funny thing? One of my jobs is part time, so I often have an entire morning stretching in front of me before I have to trundle off to work. A whole 4 hours to do with what I wish. Sometimes I make good use of the time, sometimes all I manage to … Continue reading The One Where I Ruminate On The Mysteries Of Time
My plans got completely and totally derailed last night. I had the post for today already sorted out, I knew what I was writing and what photos I needed to take (it was a pattern for stash busting crochet cushion covers, by the way) when the most terrible, awful thing happened. I can barely speak of … Continue reading The One, Dear Reader, Where I Am Languishing
Last week, my Partner-In-Craft, a friend who graciously offered to model for us and myself braved the possibly of rain and a cold wind (oh, the things we suffer for our craft!) and headed outside to take photos for updating the Etsy store. Now, we are serious, responsible adults who maturely recognise the fact that … Continue reading The One Where Great Fun Was Had
I like wool. A lot. But many, many a time I have been left staring at the computer screen only knowing that I wanted really thin wool, but maybe I really need yarn? And do I want fingering or sock? And what's Aran? And why have they named wool after the monkey in Nintendo?? Stop. … Continue reading The One Where I Attempt To Unravel The Mysteries Of Wool (Or Yarn)
Moment of honesty here. When I love something, I don't just love it. I LOVE it. I obsess over it. I think about everything that I can make with it. I research for hours about the best deals for buying it, excitedly imagining all the crochet I'd be doing with it. I lay there at 2am wiggling … Continue reading The One Where I Obsess About Things Part 1
Ha, I love the title! 😀 Today's post is about... can you guess? Footstools! Well, one at least. Made by yours truly, so yes, I am going to write an entire post about it. That being said it's going to be a very short post 😉 So without further ado (because I know that you're … Continue reading The One With The Uplifting Of Feet
It's over!!! The Every Woman Expo is finished, and my poor feet are so thankful! It was a pretty full on three and a half days with lots of standing and talking to people, which I have to admit that I'm not that good at. But all in all we did pretty well, we even have some custom … Continue reading The One With A Car Named Volny
Ever heard the saying 'You Do You'? Out of the feel good sayings out there, I've got admit that is one is one of my favourites. So much so, I made a little embroidery thingy of it. Got so excited, showed everyone kinda expecting them to go 'that's amazing!! So true!' Their real reactions? Vacant … Continue reading The One With You-ness
I have had freestyle crochet bracelets for sale in Knot What It Seams Etsy shop for about a year now and I have decided to sell the tutorial pattern so the D.I.Y. people of the world can create their own Wanderer Bracelet. I am also going to be posting step by step installments of the … Continue reading The Wanderer Bracelet Journey | Part 1 | Crocodile Scales
