I have a bit of a confession; back in July when I was on holiday crocheting in the sunshine I started two crochet cushions, one an African flower within a hexagon and one based on the beautiful pattern flowers in the snow. They are both quite well advanced in size and I still adore them {Read More…}
Crochet pink stars bunting
September 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here is the crochet pink stars bunting that was shipped today! It was made for a little girl called Victoria and the brief was to create some bunting, decorated with stars, in lovely shades of pink. I was a bit worried though that 10 pennants (8 letters and 2 end pennants) decorated with felt might {Read More…}
Cath Kidston christening gift
August 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Isn’t this gorgeous? It’s an ‘inspired by’ Cath Kidston Christening gift for my lovely goddaughter Orla made by the very talented Claire from ‘Painted with Love’. It is a beautiful hand painted wooden heart, decorated with a small cross which has the most beautiful detail of Cath Kidston style roses in pink on a lovely {Read More…}
Cath Kidston Crochet Garden Birds
August 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
My hook has been flying making some ‘inspired by’ Cath Kidston crochet garden birds. The new Cath Kidston catalogue popped through my front door this week and their new print for Autumn, the very lovely ‘Garden Birds’, was on the front cover. I have been playing with designs for crochet birds for a while now. {Read More…}
Crochet floor cushions
July 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I love reading my little girl stories and we make a big deal of story time in our house. I’ve recently made some big crochet floor cushions, crochet of course, which I think are perfect for lounging on and cuddling when reading a good book. The first one is made using the brilliant Attic 24 {Read More…}
Green, cream and white crochet flower heart
May 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I have just finished a special order for a customer and I am so pleased with it! I was contacted by a lovely lady who wanted something special for her new conservatory which is decorated in cream, white and green. She had seen my cream and white heart on Notonthehighstreet.com and contacted me to see {Read More…}
Crochet sock monkey bag
May 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
I’ve been having some crochet fun and making some very useful, little, smiling monkeys – bags! Each bag has sticky out ears, shiny button eyes and a plenty of space for all the precious things a little girl may need to carry around with her 🙂 So far I’ve done two colour ways in shades of pink {Read More…}
Summer crochet flowers heart
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Summer still hasn’t reached the UK so I’ve had to make do with crochet flowers. These gorgeous purpley/blue flowers are made using a pattern by the very talented Lucy at Attic 24 called ‘quince flowers’. I made them using an aran weight yarn with a high wool content that has made them quite chunky. They {Read More…}
Inspired by Cath Kidston Crochet Bag
March 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
How I upcycled a children’s raffia bag into a fabulous ‘inspired by’ Cath Kidston crochet bag decorated roses. I came across a little bag in the children’s department of John Lewis recently. It was quite cute and even had some sweet raffia crochet detail, but I thought it had the potential to be something really {Read More…}
Vintage style crochet rose heart
March 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
Everything is coming up roses at R&C HQ at the moment! I spent a lovely morning at a shopping centre earlier in the week with a friend, and we spent a long time browsing in the Cath Kidston shop, and in particular looking at fabrics to be used in another project. I brought home some swatches to see {Read More…}
