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we'll eat you up, we love you so ::
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A very happy (belated) halloween. I hope everyone was super spooked and treated.
Milo and I had a fabulous time. I had thought about throwing a party, but the reality of all that planning was just too much! However I did make Milo his very first costume, we decided together to make a costume of Max, from 'Where the Wild Things Are', which is favourite book of everyone in this house.
In all...
Milo and I had a fabulous time. I had thought about throwing a party, but the reality of all that planning was just too much! However I did make Milo his very first costume, we decided together to make a costume of Max, from 'Where the Wild Things Are', which is favourite book of everyone in this house.
In all...
little pumpkins :: a pattern
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I made these little ones up on a lazy saturday morning, with a toddler 'helping', they're pretty easy and super quick, so I thought I'd share my pattern with you here.
I quite like them simple and plain but you can embroider a face on them too if you like.
orange double knit cotton (I used rowan milk cotton in 'fruit salad')
green double knit cotton (I used debbie bliss organic...
Granny Cowl :: A Pattern
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ingredients ::
I used ::
rico cotton essentials DK
1 x 50g ball white
1 x 50g ball green
1 x 50g ball banana
1 x 50g ball purple
1 x 50g ball tangerine
1 x 50g ball grass green
1 x 50g ball red
1 x 50g ball light teal
1 x 50g ball orange
1 x 50g ball fuschia
1 x 50g ball navy
any double knit cotton (or indeed any other type of yarn) in various colours would work too.
4 mm crochet hook
Abbreviations ::
ch - chain
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Granny Cowl ::
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I actually made this cowl a while ago now, but have finally got round to taking some photos of it! I also had the privilege of taking some studio photos for stuffed nonsense over the weekend, which I used as opportunity to grab myself a model in the shape of the glamourous Bex ( though as you'll see I also had myself a slightly smaller model too).
Inspired by the House of Holland'samazing granny...
finding inspiration :: on the catwalk ::
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I know I'm a bit slow at posting this, but there was some amazing knitwear and crochet on the catwalks at London Fashion Week last month. Here are a few of my favourites.
Meadham Kirchhoff
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Mark Fast
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House of Holland
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