Memo Pad: March Wrap Up

I'm late with this post. Again. But life. Alas. How are we all doing in lockdown? My life really hasn't changed much but I'm going to use that as an excuse for why this post is LATE LATE LATE. I just avoided writing my review for one of the best books I've read this year…

A stumbling of Blankets

I mentioned in my last post about crochet that I'd started another blanket from the yarn I received from Christmas but not everything went as smoothly as planned. First off I'm doing a crochet entrelac blanket vaguely using this pattern off ravelry. I chained a different number of stitches, am doing a different number of…

First Finish of the Year

I'm starting the year off with a finish and no, it's neither of the blankets I was working on last time I shared my crochet projects. Whoops! Instead I started a new blanket from the yarn I received from Christmas because it was new and exciting.  My initial idea actually didn't work as the yarn…

New Year, Same Me

I kind of hate resolutions. Especially the ones that say to do something different. New year new you. Those never work for me but I do like seeing goals. Things I want to achieve which are normally a continuation of what I'm already doing. I guess my biggest struggle is to keep doing things not start (anyone who knows me know I start too many things!!). And goals help to keep me motivated and not give in.

Crochet Blankets Galore

Okay so, galore may be over stating things a bit. Two. There are two crochet blankets in this post. Neither of which is technically finished. But it has ignited my love for crochet blankets and there are easily another three blankets that I now want to make. But I'll save that post for a very…

Linen Stitch Crochet Square Blanket

I mentioned the new yarn I bought recently and gave a teaser last week of my progress on the blanket but I thought I'd do a full post on the blanket because a) I'm fully in love with it and b).... Okay, I'm just fully in love with it and hopefully no one has got…

Goings On

I have a quick teaser update for the yarn I showed you last week. The blanket is going well and it is ridiculously soft and cuddly. I honestly don't think I've ever made anything this snugly. It's going to be one big square (think granny square but using a different stitch). It looks like two…

New Yarn, New Project

My yarn stash finally got depleted enough to defend buying more. I only had 3 balls of yarn left. And yes, okay mum, I did give a lot of it away when we moved but it was yarn I was never going to use again left over from four years ago when I had to…

Mini Blanket Finish

Project number two that I wanted to get finished before the move was a mini blanket that I had started years ago and had been sitting on my shelf for three years. Here's where it was: My original plan for the aran yarn was to knit a scarf but this was around the time I…

The Five Year Shawl

I'm moving next month back to London after our three year temporary move to Guernsey. Which means I've started looking through and deciding on all the things to pack and what to throw away. Obviously, I started with my yarn stash (because that's the most important thing, right?) Looking through my stash was a little…