Yesterday I reached over the 2000 hits milestone for my blog! Thank you all for calling by, commenting and following my blog. Even though I’ve only been doing this blog for the past 7 weeks I’ve been so encouraged and inspired by you all and your own blogs. May the craftiness continue x So my … More Crochet blocks. Days 19 – 21
On Sunday we decided that we’d have a lazy day so we took ourselves into Belfast, have a Starbucks coffee and muffin and then we visited my 2 favourite shops. Cath Kidston has only recently opened up a store in Belfast and already it has proved to be very popular with people. I’d only bought … More A lovely weekend. part 2
On Saturday I was fortunate enough to have the afternoon to myself as my hubby took the children to a friends house so I could have time on my own. The weather was glorious so I decided to make the most of it so I packed up my camera and decided to go for a … More A lovely weekend. Part 1
Day 17: Popcorn flower I wanted to do a square that would be quick to make and even though this one did contain several popcorn stitches it was easy to do. Day 18: Seville With a name like Seville I chose to do this square in a gorgeous warm pink yarn. This square was quite … More Crochet blocks. Days 17 & 18
I have been nominated for the beautiful blogger by tinyinc. Bloggers nominate their favourite blogs for the award. Tinyinc nominated creativepixie for “for using such beautiful colours in crochet squares” These are the rules:- 1. Thank the person who nominated you – Thank you so much for nominating me, I’m enjoying not only providing inspiration to … More Beautiful Blogger Award!
Day 15: Sunshine lace This is a beautiful square pattern and so simple to make – it also helps that I chose a real sunny yellow/orange colour of yarn. Day 16: Webbed lace This is the most unusual pattern I’ve come across yet and it involves lots of dtr’s. The webbing effect shows how … More Crochet blocks. Days 15 & 16. ( & Baking)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Being from Northern Ireland March 17th is a big deal here. There are parades in Belfast and people get to spend the day with their families. Today the weather was beautiful so my husband and I took our daughters outside to play in the back garden and then had a … More Crochet blocks. Days 11 – 14
It’s Sunday night and at the end of a busy weekend I’m sitting with my feet up enjoying reading everyone’s blogs. Day 9: Daisy Chain This design is the 1st one I’ve done which features clusters (the beige yarn) Day 10: Framed Flower This design contains dc, tr and htr (UK terms). The flower motif in the … More Crochet blocks. Day 9 & 10
Hey hey it’s the weekend! This week has contained many work related stresses so I’m glad to be off for the weekend. Today I received an order of Stylecraft Special yarn I placed online so I have lots of yarn now, in fact I really have to organise some proper storage for it all. If … More Crochet blocks. Day 7 & 8
It’s only Tuesday, this week has been going in slowly and I don’t think it helps that the temperature has fallen as today it was 3C compared to last weeks 14C. I keep meaning to go out with my camera but to be honest the weather hasn’t been great. So I have been indoors busy making … More Crochet blocks. Day 5 & 6
The Creative Pixie 