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Mexican Adventures: A Burst of Colours Inspiring My Next Yarn Collection

Mexican Adventures: A Burst of Colours Inspiring My Next Yarn Collection

¡Hola, amigos! I'm back from my incredible adventure in Mexico, and let me tell you, it was a feast for the senses, and that's without talking about the buffet. Spending time around the area of the Riviera Maya I was surrounded by natures colours that left me completely inspired.  Today, I want to take you on a journey through my experiences and share how the kaleidoscope of hues I encountered has ignited my creative spark for my upcoming yarn collection.  The first thing I noticed after a few days was how the vibrant colours of the plants, flowers and fish meld perfectly with the...

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Giant Crochet Granny Square top

Giant Crochet Granny Square top

I felt the need for speed. or crochet, yeah that works better.  So, my lovely next door neighbour is a bit of a yarn hoarder like myself.  She presented me with a cake of yarn a wee while ago and said " could you use this?" and as someone who can't say no to anything, I was like YEA!  So this is the yarn. I will let you know the details first Brand - Cotton Kings from hobbi Base - Twirls 100% cotton Colourway - 43 Thickness - fingering/4ply Meterage - 800m Weight - 200g I had just recently organised my stash, like...

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Where I am at creatively - Journal

Where I am at creatively - Journal

I thought i would give this blogging a bit of a go again, well i mean documenting my thoughts on my own website. Ive really not been on Instagram and i am not feeling it over there. so somewhere that is "mine" and i can control (no algorithm) So lets give this a go.  This past week i forced myself back to the dye pots. I have been in such an odd head space since i closed fluph, i didn't realise it because it was such a financial relief not to be worry. Then there was lock-down in which we...

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My Totoro Jumper

My Totoro Jumper

A wee while ago i spoke about wanting to make a totoro themed jumper for wearing to the totoro stage show down at the Barbican in London. I had a few ideas for how it was going to look, but my heart was with the totoro belly jumper. I am so glad i did as I ADORE this baby! How did i make it. Good question, i used many reference pictures for the Swiss darning, and a pattern i had used previously that was simple enough to take such a big image and i knew that i would wear and...

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Lettuce Eat Cake

Lettuce Eat Cake

So. The UK's political scene has been interesting ,to say the least, this past wee while. As a millenial leftie how do i put this in the best way possible. I hate the tories, they all need to go away. (sorry not sorry) Anyway, the past few weeks has been histerical in torie land  (if you dont laugh you will cry kind of situation) and it ended up with a lettuce outlasting our last prime minister. yep. you heard that right.    Read about it here (thats a link to the guardian not the daily star, cause well they can go away...

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