Little Box of Crochet

Hello there lovely people,
today I thought I'd share my new found love, Little Box of Crochet. Some of you may already be aware of this lovely lady, Amanda Bloom, and follow her on Instagram or Facebook.
If you haven't you can read her amazing story HERE

Little Box of Crochet is a monthly subscription to a boxful of wonderful crochet-ness! The company has been up and running for a few months now and I've been following their journey closely over at Instagram (and drooling over the lovely photos!)

This month I finally gave in and took up a subscription. I waited excitedly for my parcel to arrive...then one gloomy January morning my Postie bought me a parcel with this sticker on,

"Are you excited?" Ummm? Yes!

As you can imagine I opened it pretty quickly and was amazed with what I found.

The packaging alone is absolutely beautiful and professional looking. (If the box is this good, then what's inside?!)

I slowly opened the box to reveal this,

It was like Christmas all over again!

Inside I found a pattern for a beautiful ear warmer by designer Kate Eastwood of Just Pootling. You can see her amazing blog HERE
There was also all the yarn I needed, which included Scheepjes Stone Washed XL in Smokey Quartz.
It was fate! I had been coveting this scrummy yarn for months and one of the projects I really wanted to make this year was an ear warmer!
As well as the yarn, I had everything else I needed to complete the project. A Knitpro hook, a sewing needle, a stitch marker and even a label from Just Pootling, for that designer finish.

First thing, make a cup of tea. Next, get comfy, now time to crochet!

The pattern was amazing! So straight forward and really easy to follow, with both written and pictorial instructions.
The pattern called for bobble stitch details all along the ear warmer. I was a little bit nervous of these, but the instructions for this part were brilliant. Lots of step-by-step words and pictures.

So, I followed all the instructions for the crochet parts,

then it was time to sew it all together.

Wow! I love it! I love the colour, I love the bobbles, I love the bow, I love the yarn...I just LOVE it! And now I have the pattern I can make as many as I like. Oh, and now a good excuse to buy some more Scheepjes Stone Washed XL. They have so many beautiful colours. I'll be heading over to Wool Warehouse soon to make a purchase. Why not have a look yourself, http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/

This project took me just under four hours from start to finish and I enjoyed every minute.
So, if you love crochet and want to try something new every month then I highly recommend you head straight over to http://www.littleboxofcrochet.co.uk/ and sign up now, you won't be disappointed!

Now, hurry up February, I'm ready for my next crochet fix!

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It's All In the Planning!

So, I've recently come across a book. A book that has had a LOT of interest on both my Instagram page and FaceBook page.

"What is it?" I hear you cry. Well here it is,

As well as a crochet addict, I'm also pretty partial to a little bit of stationery. I found this company, Stationery Geek, over on Facebook. www.facebook.com/StationeryGeek

This book was exactly what I needed. This year I hope to be little more organised with my projects. Last year I had a tendency to start lots of different WIPs (works in progress) and not keep track! Whoops!
So first project of the year went straight into the book.

Last year I bought a limited edition pack of Stylecraft yarns, (along with an awful of you fellow crafters!) These colours are now available as permanent colours in the Special DK range.
You can see all the Stylecraft range here http://www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/

So now the colours were chosen it was time to pick a project. Something simple, to the show the colours at their best. I headed over to one of my favourite blogs, Attic 24 and chose her Cosy Stripe Blanket pattern. http://www.attic24.typepad.com/

Decisions made, time to put it in the book.
Here's how I use mine.

Now all the planning was complete it was time to start the crochet!

On to the border.

One blanket completed and being enjoyed!

Now time to plan another project!

Hello Everyone!

Hi there you lot!
Well this is my first ever blog post (Eek! Exciting!)
Now this little blog of mine is all about my crafty passion and all my going's on. So if you love crochet, sewing, free motion embroidery, card making, paper craft, upcycling, drawing, zentangle, colouring in, needle felting and pretty much anything crafty then, hopefully, you'll feel right at home here.
So have a look about and see what's going on, if you like what you see then you can always check out my Facebook and Instagram pages by clicking the links over there on the right hand side.
Thanks for looking Everyone,
Hannah
xxx