Ok, so I've been going beserk with the crocheted flowers lately. My excuses are as follows: I like them. I like winter but I'm bored with it now. I'm looking forwards to flowers, sunshine and being able to leave the house with the boys in under 20 minutes. So until the great outdoors can provide me with them, I'm making my own. They're great for using up odds and ends of yarn. They are very quick to make so I'm not adding to my pile of ... Read the Post...
How to Crochet a Flower Garland
I have been crocheting a lot of flowers recently, partly because I like them and partly because I wanted to crochet a flower garland. I like winter but I'm a bit bored of it now. It takes too long to get myself and the boys bundled into coats and hats and stuff whenever we need to go out and bus stops are chilly places. I spend a lot of time waiting at bus stops. So here is a spring garland to tide us over until the real thing arrives ... Read the Post...
The Year of the Bus
A few weeks ago we took the boys off to London to see the bus sculptures in the Olympic Park at Stratford. The sculptures had been commissioned to commemorate The Year of the Bus, so called because 2014 marked 60 years of the London Routemaster, 75 years of the RT and 100 years since the first mass produced motor bus, which was used in WW1. For those of you who are not avid bus spotters, Routemasters are those buses with the open backs that ... Read the Post...
How To Crochet a Leaf
I have been crocheting a lot of flowers recently. I have plans for them. I'm not just making them because I like flowers and I think they are nice, although if I didn't think that I wouldn't make them! Flowers need leaves. At least the ones I have been making do! These leaves are very easy to make and are the correct size to work with the flowers. They are made by crocheting 2 rows to form the centre, then the rest of the leaf is made by ... Read the Post...
