Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts

Monday, 7 October 2024

Find Halloween and seasonal gifts in my Etsy shop today.


These little linocut pumpkins, designed and printed by me, will add a bit of seasonal cheer to any window or Halloween themed party. There are several colourways available in my Esty shop so click on the photo to go directly there.




There are also original linocut prints of Glastonbury Tor available, featuring a stile and ploughed fields with the Tor in the distance, from a limited edition of ten prints. Click on the photo to go directly to my Etsy shop.

Also now in stock are a pair of hand crochet bowls featuring beautiful local wool from the Mendip Hills (Fernhill Farm) mixed with cotton from India to make useful extra storage on any shelf or table in your home.  Find them for sale in my Etsy shop by clicking on the photo below.





Sunday, 19 May 2024

Saturday 25th May Bank Holiday Craft Fair 2024

 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.



hand dyed crochet items


Small linocut prints. (Tor & Stile)


Cards and prints.


Handmade crochet and fabric items.



Dip-dyed paper collages. (Overhead I, Overhead II)


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, 23 May 2023

Spring Bank Holiday Craft Fair - Saturday 27th May 2023

Looking for ward to the Spring Bank Holiday craft fair in Glastonbury where I'll have a range of my paintings, prints, handmade cards, crochet and small gifts.









Monday, 15 August 2022

New for August in my Etsy Shop

 Finally some rain and cooler air today after the baking heat of the weekend! Looking forward to the cooler days and warm colours of Autumn and Winter with some new products in my Etsy shop.

As the cost of living rises, I've tried to keep my prices as low as possible for original, one-off items and paintings so it's easy to refresh a room scheme, find a handmade gift or top your Christmas decorations. 




A pair of mini-cushion Christmas decorations with silvery deer.


Matching crochet pots  in heather tones with daisy print cotton lining.


Small framed oil painting with moonlit Tor, Red Tree Dancing.



Tuesday, 28 June 2022

New for Summer in my Etsy Shop: Birds, butterflies and bright colours.

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Wool crochet panel cushion cover

Swallow fabric cards


Crochet wool trinket pot


Watercolour paintings

Monday, 16 May 2022

New In my Etsy Shop...

 Some new items available in my Etsy shop now: boho style mug mats, hand painted cards, pretty lined trinket pots for dressing table or desk, malas and more... click on the photo or my shop logo for more information.


Set of  six crochet coasters and matching holder.



Crochet trinket pots in cotton and linen.






Handmade malas


Hand painted cards

Monday, 12 July 2021

Yandles Summer Handmade Market this Saturday ~17th July 2021

 



Looking forward to my first craft fair at Yandles this Saturday, with a range of handmade cards, crochet gifts and watercolours.









Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Trees, Seeds and Crochet

As lockdown eases and the temperature rises it has been lovely to get out & about over the Easter holidays. It is that moment in the year when the trees burst into leaf and bird song and I have spotted my first swallows of the year.

As usual, several windowsills have been full of seed trays, mainly flowers this year and now the days are warm but the nights cold, it is that seasonal dance of bringing trays in and outdoors as they start to harden off and grow on. 

The pasque flowers have survived the frosts  and I'm delighted to find lots of self seeding flowers in the garden, feverfew, ox eye daisies, pansies and a few foxgloves, natures own patchwork. What we need now are milder nights with some rain to help with the outdoor seed planting.


Pasque flowers


Quantock Hills, mini tree and sheep.




Beautiful tree shadows at Glastonbury Abbey in the Spring sunshine.


Mini Granny Squares patchwork crochet in cotton.

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

New Handmade Cards and Crochet Keyrings for 2021


I'm delighted to offer a new selection of individual handmade gits and cards in my Etsy shop. Including a new card design ideal for St. Valentine's Day, a finger labyrinth and Good Luck cards.

I try to make sure I am including local or UK sourced materials, reduce the amount of plastic and use recyclable packaging where possible throughout my range.

  Crochet keyrings using British Wool, featuring flower or wheel motifs.




Handmade cards, each one is individual, using a block printed Hamsa motif in watercolour.





'Grow Love' card featuring a flower motif  hand stitched onto watercolour paper. 


Hand stitched onto watercolour paper that is traditionally made in Somerset and mounted in a lightweight card frame this finger labyrinth is ideal for a moment of quiet reflection.


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The wool is ColourLab DK from West Yorkshire Spinners. 
West Yorkshire Spinners – Reared, sheared and spun in Britain (wyspinners.com









Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Crochet Homeware Gifts in my Esty Shop

Find a selection of crochet trinket bowls, mug rugs and cloths in my Etsy shop this month. 


Cotton trinket bowls to save polished, wooden or painted surfaces




Soft ecru trinket bowl



Cotton and British Wool mug rugs to stop staining and heat marks
on tables, desks and kitchen surfaces



100% cotton cloths for general household use

click on logo above to go to my Etsy shop or past link into your browser :

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PatriciaRustArt