Valentine and love inspired crochet is becoming addictive! Here is my crochet version of a ‘Love Heart’ sweet. It is a super simple, free, crochet pattern to create your own ‘Love Heart’ sweet. I have always loved Love Heart sweets – they remind me so much of my childhood! Love Hearts are produced by UK {Read More…}
Crochet Valentine Pattern in Afrikaans!
January 16, 2014 by 4 Comments
The free crochet valentine pattern is now available in Afrikaans! I definitely cannot take credit for this beautiful creation – it is by the very, very talented Monica who runs a beautiful blog called ‘Hekel Idees’. I sadly can’t read (or speak for that matter) Afrikaans but the photos are beautiful and it is worth {Read More…}
Handmade Christmas Decorations
November 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Handmade Christmas decorations are a wonderful craft project and it’s not too late to start! I love decorating my home for Christmas and like to be ready as close to 1st December as possible – I know, there are plenty of people who are entitled to their opinion that it all starts to early but {Read More…}
Free crochet bird pattern
September 3, 2013 by 16 Comments
As promised, I have finally written the crochet bird pattern! This free pattern will (hopefully) enable you to produce your very own little crochet birds. Each little bird has button eyes, delicate wings and can be hung by a length of pretty ribbon. This pattern shows the birds in colored stripes but they would look {Read More…}
Free crochet patterns
August 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Free crochet patterns by Ruby & Custard now available! I love crochet! I am a self-taught crocheter and when I had caught the bug I was inspired to try out more techniques and ideas by some of the many blogs, techniques and tutorials I found on the internet. Having a free pattern to try was {Read More…}
Boy girl shared bedroom crochet star bunting
August 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
I’m really proud to introduce my crochet star bunting! I have been working on a personal project at home recently. I am turning my little girl’s bedroom into a shared bedroom for her and her new baby brother who we are rather excited about welcoming into our family in early November. A couple of months {Read More…}
