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My YARN SHOP DAY at THREADS in Dunbarton

May 8, 2017

Let me tell you about last Saturday. As part of YSD I was at THREADS WOOL SHOP in Dunbarton. (143 Glasgow road, Dunbarton, G82 1RQ ). Dumbarton is a town on the north bank of the River Clyde ...

Lifestyle, Stories

May’s Blanket: an old pair of jeans and a journey.

May 3, 2017

If you have been following my blog, you are by now aware that what I am aiming to do with this crochet journey is to experiment how you can use crochet as a medium to weave a story into the ...

Lifestyle, Stories

My 10,000 girls…

April 3, 2017

You all know I got four children but the ones of you that know me in real life, also know that I have some extra 10,000 to 50,000 little girls. The number depends on the time of the year! ...

Lifestyle, Patterns, Stories

Never mind the macaroons…mini grannies are like Marmite!

March 19, 2017

An unusual title, I know…but if you are acquainted with Marmite you will know exactly where I’m coming from! For those of you that haven’t the faintest idea what Marmite is, I ...

Lifestyle, Stories, Travel

Yarn,friends,more yarn,macaroons and a family’s ceilidh…part one

March 11, 2017

Let’s start with a question: Do I need more yarn? ABSOLUTELY NOT !!! Do I WANT more yarn? ALWAYS!!! Saying that let me start telling you about my weekend. Every year I go to two yarn ...

Lifestyle, Stories, Travel

More about the macaroons blanket…

March 6, 2017

I meant to write more about this month’s blanket at the weekend but I got sidetracked by non-crochet related things… So back to Paris, macaroons and obviously crochet! I thought ...

Lifestyle, Stories

My yarn room makeover

February 24, 2017

Hi, Everyone! If you follow me on Facebook, you might know I spent the past two days trying to re-organize my studio. It wasn’t meant to be a big job; just assembling two small bookcases ...

Lifestyle, Stories, Travel

The blogstars weekend…

February 16, 2017

Overdue post… As usual, I am always the last one writing, all the other bloggers have uploaded their take on the weekend, and Kathryn (http://www.crafternoontreats.com) has also uploaded ...

Lifestyle, Patterns, Stories, Travel

‘Emily’ my February blanket: a humble homage to the Brontë sisters.

February 6, 2017

As you probably knew already, last weekend, I went to my first STYLECRAFT’S BLOGSTARS meeting. It will take all week for the experience to sink in and I am still in the process to write ...