Very much looking forward to the next craft fair on the Bank Holiday Saturday, 25th May, in Glastonbury Town Hall, Somerset with West Country Fairs. I'll have a range of crochet and handmade items including a couple of new linocuts for this year based on Glastonbury Tor and the Little Egrets who who visited our local flooded fields this Spring.
Sunday, 19 May 2024
Saturday 25th May Bank Holiday Craft Fair 2024
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Crochet Sparkle Coaster Pattern
These pretty sparkly coasters are easy an easy project to make with my free pattern:
Crochet Sparkle Coaster Pattern
Recommended yarn: Lincatex Gold Rush®
decorative metallised thread
(1 x 20g ball per 4 coasters)
Recommended
hook size: 3.00 mm (11)
Approx diameter: 10.5cm
Round 1: 4
chain, join with a slipstitch to form a ring.
Round
2: 3
chain, followed by 15 trebles into ring, slipstitch into top of 3 chain.
Round
3: 5
chain, 1 treble into same stitch (equals 1treble, 2 chain, 1 treble), *miss one
stitch, 1treble, 2 chain, 1 treble into next stitch**. Repeat from * to ** to
end, slipstitch into 3rd chain of 5 chain.
Round
4: 3
chain, *3 trebles into 2 chain space, 1 treble into next treble, 1 treble into
next treble**, repeat from * to ** end, slipstitch into top of 3 chain.
Round
5: Repeat
Round 3.
Round
6: 1
chain, 1 double crochet into same stitch, 3 double crochet into chain space, 1
double crochet into second of the 2 treble stitches, *3 double crochet into
chain space, 1 double crochet into second of the 2 treble stitches**, repeat*
to ** to end, slipstitch into 1 chain.
Round
7: I
chain, 1 double crochet into same stitch, 1 double crochet into next stitch all
the way round, slipstitch into 1 chain.
Round 8: 3 chain° (equals 1 treble) , 3 trebles into same stitch (to form most of a fan), miss two stitches, *1 double crochet in next stitch, miss two stitches, 5 treble into next stitch (to form a whole fan), miss 2 stitches**, repeat from * to **. On last whole fan end with 1 double crochet in last free stitch, 3 chain, slipstitch into top of 3 chain°.
Fasten off with a thread long enough to carefully weave or sew back into stitches to finish off.
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
New Handmade Cards and Crochet Keyrings for 2021
Crochet keyrings using British Wool, featuring flower or wheel motifs.
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Two Rivers Paper – We hand-make beautiful rag papers for artists and designers at an ancient watermill deep in the Somerset countryside.
The wool is ColourLab DK from West Yorkshire Spinners.
West Yorkshire Spinners – Reared, sheared and spun in Britain (wyspinners.com