Today's featured crochet project is the lacy yet warm CROSSROADS SHAWL by Kath Baena. Its solid construction makes it beginner friendly and the lacy edge adds a beautiful eye catching detail. I was even warm wearing my shawl on a blustry day in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside I used 300g of my Mary's Escape colour in DK cotton. This beautiful mosaic style EMBRACE THE CHILL shawl by Cheryl Faust creates a stunning pattern and only uses one colour per row. It looks so warm and invi

The kids are home today. Their normally resilient little bodies have succumbed to a virus that has caused over a quarter of their school to be absent. As I write this I have an extremely feverish 6 year old radiating heat on my lap. The laundry basket is overflowing, I can see bits of crumbs on the floor, my taxes need finishing but none of it matters because right now two children need mommy rubs and assurances that they will feel better soon. This is why I am so thankful f

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I've teamed up with the amazing amigurumi designer Irene Strange for a fab Instagram giveaway. Over the last few weeks Irene has been creating this cute seahorse using my Hippocampus colour in Cotton DK. So we thought it would be a great idea to give away 3 (YES 3!) prizes. One lucky winner will get both the pattern as well as the hand dyed yarn Hippocampus and two other lucky winners will receive the pattern. Hippocampus can be found in my Dyed to Order Section available on

Welcome to the first of my "Two for Thursday" posts! This is a weekly showcase of the hottest patterns in knitting and crochet. Today the theme is light weight scarves. The Expansion Scarf by Dora Does uses the unique crochet technique of linked stitches. The pattern and tutorials can be found HERE. I think this would look amazing using 100g my Otters al Fresco in cotton 4ply This pretty knitted lace scarf has a super simple repeat and would make a great first time lace proje