decorate: the humble christmas wreath

Wreath making this year seems to have reached fever pitch; people everywhere on Instagram and in Blogland have been getting busy with foliage, berries, leaves,…

give: delicate crochet coasters

I’ve got a real thing about crochet coasters; I love those really, really intricate ones, the ones that end up buried at the bottom of…

decorate: diy pinecone wreath

Well, that was a rubbish start to December; we were all ill with the flu-ey virus that’s going round last week, which meant I got…

give: super giant chunky crochet scarf tutorial

If you’re dying to give something handmade this Chistmas, but you’re not keen on getting tangled in twine or spending hours up to your elbows…

made: diy woven spring basket with harveys

A couple of weeks ago, the lovely folks at Harveys got in touch and challenged me to come up with a crafty project to keep…

mollie makes issue 050

The new issue of Mollie Makes is a proper good one; there’s instructions for crochet hexie wall hangings, a pattern for some amazing fringed slippers,…

five great makes for 2015

This January is seriously kicking my arse; in my last post, I mentioned that we’d all had a horrible flu virus, but were on the…