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Win :: Issues 50, 51, 52 and 53 of Inside Crochet Magazine ::

Posted by vicki brown on May 14, 2014

I'm excited to have 4 copies of Inside Crochet Magazine to giveaway!
Each and everyone of these issues is full of wonderful patterns, created by truly fabulous designers.
I've picked out a few of my favourites from each issue below (including a cheeky couple of my own!), but if you click on the images you can see the full collections over on ravelry.

Competition is open worldwide and closes next...

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Tags: craft, crochet, giveaways, inside crochet

FO Friday :: Little Flowers ::

Posted by vicki brown on Apr 06, 2012

So I haven't quite finished the cardigan yet, there was little unknitting to do following a couple of silly mistakes, but I do have a finished object(s) to share today, hooray!

Namely a collection of little flowers, made for the lovely Bex of Stuffed Nonsense, who requested them to attach to a lampshade.

These are super fun and easy to make, such a satisfying little project.

I shall try and get the...

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Tags: craft, crochet, flower, flowers, fo friday, free, handmade, lilley, lilley stitches, pattern

D ::

Posted by vicki brown on Mar 08, 2011

I did it! I stitched together my first garment from a pattern and in Japanese at that.

I am so proud of myself, I mean the shirt itself is no where near perfect, but it is wearable, just about!

I decided that I should start with something reasonably simple looking and that wouldn't require too much fabric and I only used an old sheet. That way if it did go terribly wrong I wouldn't have ruined some...

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Tags: craft, d, floral, for ladies, for me, handmade, japanese, pattern, pink, sew, sewing, sewn, sheet, shirt, stylish dress book, vintage

mustard hearts for me ::

Posted by vicki brown on Feb 24, 2011

my newest short sleeved sweater is finished! It still needs blocking (which I'm really hoping will give it a bit more length as it's a teeny bit short) but otherwise it's all finished and I'm quite in love with it.

I made a few silly mistakes with the fair isle pattern, but for a first attempt I think I did pretty well.

I have to be honest I didn't knit it all in continental style as I had intend...

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Tags: craft, fair, for ladies, for me, handknit, handmade, hearts, isle, jumpers, katia, knit, knitting, peru, purple.mustard, short, sleeved, sweater, yellow

continental style ::

Posted by vicki brown on Feb 10, 2011

last week I attended my first neighbourhood 'knit and natter' gathering, it was lovely and there were fabulous cakes!

Whilst I was there I was taught to knit continental style (essentially holding the yarn in your left hand rather the right). So far, so good, I'm not quite as fast as I am englishstyle yet, but getting close. I'd love to be one of those super speedy knitters, you know where the...

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Tags: continental, craft, hand, handknit, handknitting, knit, knitting, lilley, stitches, uk