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Win :: Supplies to Make Your Own Covered Crochet Hooks ::

Posted by vicki brown on Jun 12, 2014

Following on from my tutorial post on how to make your own polymer clay crochet hook handles I'm offering you the chance to win a set of supplies to make your own.

One lucky winner will receive 2 metal crochet hooks, 2 packets of Fimo (one purple, one glow in the dark!) and a full set of Fimo shaped cutters. The only thing you'll need to provide yourself is a craft knife, an oven and some...

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Festival Watch Strap :: Free Crochet Pattern ::

Posted by vicki brown on Jun 05, 2014

With the weather attempting to improve and summer definitely within reach, I've been thinking a lot about summer festivals and was reminded that last year I made this watch strap for Latitude Festival. I originally offered it as a free pattern especially for my newsletter subscribers, but I thought I'd share it over here on the blog now, so that if you wanted to make your own for this summer you...

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Baby Blankets ::

Posted by vicki brown on May 26, 2014

Exactly how many homemade blankets a baby needs, I'm not entirely sure, but with the few I have kept from when Milo was a baby and the 3 I've already started for the new baby, I'm fairly sure I'll have more than enough!

When I say the, '3 I've already started' I mean just that, they're no where near finished yet. I don't have a great track record of finishing blankets, so we'll see how this goes.

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