New Year new range

Happy New Year everyone! Sorry it's a little late and I haven't posted since November, but I have been soooooo busy with some new items. New Year's resolution? Definitely to post more often!

Weather has been freezing and just right for being cosy indoors and doing some crafts. We had a lot of snow (well a lot for us!) and ice as I expect you all did, here is one picture of our front garden from the first lot of snow! Little one had so much fun making snowmen, as did most kids in the area so it was hilarious to see all the different shape snowmen everywhere!

So, to make you feel that Spring is on the way, here is my new range which is called English Roses and Tea Partys. There's a selection of buntings, crochet garland and cushions.


The crochet garland and cushions above were made for friends of Little one for Christmas presents. The caravan pillow was an idea I had after seeing a lot of freehand machine embroidery. It was featured on Kirstie's Homemade Home but is not as easy as it looks and you need to watch your fingers with the needle! But it's definitely worth a try. This is my kind of interpretation of it.


This is my favourite, the Roses Union Jack cushion. There is bunting to match which I can personalise.



Here is the Crochet Garland, which I wrapped around a card so it was easier to wrap up. It was loved very much by the recipient.

Hope you like all my new Goodies! I am having a sale in my Etsy shop next week, it's the Uk Silly Sale on Etsy. I have tagged all my sale items with the name Silly Sale. My items are either half price or 20% off. There are quite a lot of Uk Etsy sellers involved so you may find a great bargain!

Crochet for beginners

For anyone interested in taking up crochet, there is a great magazine out here. You get the magazine, two balls of wool and a crochet hook all for 99p! Of course I already know how to crochet and I thought it may be a bit basic but I've actually learnt a new stitch, this textured stitch.



It's basically one row of dc and then the next row is 1 dc and 1 tr repeated. I've used the chunky yarn provided and it looks gorgeous in this raspberry colour. The photos look a little dark, sorry! It's the lack of natural light lately.



The idea is to build up squares to make a throwover. Just the job to keep you warm, although still no snow here yet!

Play Doh Inspired Crochet

My daughter loves Play Doh. It's one of her favourite toys. When I bought some new colours for her the other day, I thought how gorgeous they would be for some bright and cheerful crochet! So I found as similar colours in wool as I could get and I've been busy with my crochet hook making these little flowers which will become corsages




and be used to decorate little beanie hats! I have made my own crochet beanie pattern, so as soon as I have made all the sizes I can, I will start listing them in my Etsy and Folksy shops.



Then I saw this gorgeous wool.
It's so lovely, it made me think of Autumn and the colder weather on it's way. I made a couple of flowers and I'm going to put wooden buttons on the brown one and Mother of Pearl on the natural colour flower.

Hi folks, can't beleive it has been a week since I last wrote! I have been so busy with bunting orders, everyone has decided to buy all at once!
The sun is shining today and it's very hot so after a little trip to the park, we had our lunch out in the garden under the parasol.
This afternoon, I've been working on a new type of bunting; a crochet one. I just crocheted a triangle in White DK, made a shell edge with Pink Cotton DK yarn and then hand embroidered the flowers with a Daisy Stitch.
Quite like the idea of adding letters so it can be personalised. Just as long as the names aren't too long!