I was thinking about what I should make this week and decided that it’s been a while since I did a bit of crochet. I saw a pattern for a crochet granny heart dishcloth on Pinterest and guessed that it’d be a quick make for a Sunday afternoon while the kids watch a film. So … More Make it Monday: Crochet granny heart dishcloth
Here in the UK we are nearing the end of the school year (end of June for NI) so I though I’d share a couple of links to some other blogs that I’ve found fab teacher gift ideas on. The best thing about these blogs is that the bloggers are either teachers or know teachers … More Make it Monday: Teacher gift ideas
Here’s a quick make for you this week and it’s so simple too. Using recycled t-shirt yarn you can make a necklace, all you need are scissors, needle and thread and a crochet hook (though this is optional). There are no fastenings you just pull the finished necklace over your head. I got this coral … More Make it Monday: T-shirt yarn necklace
This weekend very close to where I live we had an exciting event – the Giro d’Italia cycle competition was held in my home city and part of stage 1 was a 15 minute walk from my house! For the past couple of weeks shops and houses along the cycle route were decorated pink (the colour of … More Giro d’Italia visits Stormont
This weeks make is something that should appeal to any parent of a young child – an upcycled T-shirt. Miss E had this T-shirt when she was 1 (she turned 3 last week) and although I’ve given most of her small clothes to my niece I couldn’t really give this to her as it has … More Make it Monday: an upcycled T-shirt
Today is May Day in the UK, a Bank holiday so most people have the day off work and spend it doing lovely things with their family. Unfortunately the weather has not been on our side as it’s been raining so our original plan (a trip to Castle Ward) had to be abandoned. We ended … More May Day in Oz
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