Monthly Archive: July 2023

A green crochet frog sitting in the middle of a multicoloured granny square blanket meant to represent a lily pond. At the centre is a bright blue hexagon. Radiating out from that is a darker blue hexagon and then squares in blue, brown and green. The frog is sitting on a green lily pad and is surrounded by three lily pads sporting yellow-orange flowers.

Frog Lily Pond Comforter

I had been wanting to create a little comfort blanket pattern for a while, and I realised that I had yet to do a frog (one of my favourite animals as it happens!), so...

A photo of a purple crochet scarf with thistles in darker purple and green evenly spaced up the centre. The scarf has a fringe made up of the lighter and darker purples yarns

Bonnie Thistle Scarf

This is a pattern I have been wanting to do for a long time, but I never got it quite right until now. I wanted to bring out the colours of Scotland without going...

A photo of a red crochet lampshade with bobbles around the bottom sitting next to a red toaster, a black microwave and a Wookie Cookie biscuit tin

Easy-Peasy Lampshade Cover

The shade of the little lamp in my kitchen was looking a bit worse for wear, so I decided to crochet a quick cover for it. The pattern is very simple and should work...

A photo of a mint green and grey crochet hat and scarf. Both are ribbed and the hat has a pom pom on the top

Simple Hat and Scarf Set

I made the first hat for my partner as we were out walking and his head was getting very cold. Then I was due to go up to the Scottish Highlands to visit my...

A photo of two crochet ducks sitting next to one another on a cream chair. The duck on the left is blue and green with green wings, blue face, blue feet and a purple beak. He has large blue eyes on white and a green set of three feathers on his head. The one on the right has a yellow head, orange beak, pink head and wing feathers, green eyes and yellow feet

D.B. McKurkin

Double Beak (D.B.) McKurkin is a bit of a mystery, There is a story that he hijacked a flock of geese and made them give him 200 000 squid before he parachuted away into...

A crochet witch in a deep purple dress and stripey purple witch hat, flying on her brookstick, which is grey with purple-pink bristles, her skin is purple grey and she has a long nose. She is wearing purple striped leggings and long purple shoes.

Witchy-Poo

Who doesn’t need a witch on a broomstick flying around their room? Materials I used the following colours for Witchy-Poo, but you can use whatever you prefer. Colour 1: Good Old Fashioned DK Violett...

A photo of four small crochet toys. From left to right: A little figure in orange and yellow strips with tiny flippers an a large nose, a mouse in pink and purple, a flower in green and pink and a little wizard-like character in cream and purple with a purple hat

2Teenies

If, like me, you buy crochet or knitting magazines you’ll know that many of them come with little yarn packs attached. The yarn is usually in very small amounts and is meant for you...

A brown crochet wood sprite wearing a green top and dark green dungarees. He has large brows and green cat eyes that make him look like he is unhappy. He has a dark brown goatee, brown mittens and round brown feet

Wood Sprite

I decided I wanted to design a nature spirit, but not one that was all cute and cuddly like a fairy, because if they existed, I think they would be alien to us, and...