Blog — lilley

finding inspiration :: blankets ::

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I was up crazy early this morning and I found myself snuggled up on the sofa, browsing flickr and dreaming of hooking up some lovely blankets.


Spring Babette blanket to be



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Dream in progress... part 18


Sunshine Day pillow & blanket in progress


a bundle o 'ghan


Summer Garden


Click on the photo's to find yourself at the flickr page of the creators of these beauties.



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heart granny square ::

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heart granny square ::

 With valentines on my mind the last few weeks, I have been working on lots of hearts.  After searching about a bit, I couldn't see any granny squares which incorporated a heart that I liked.  After a few failed attempts and a bit of patience, I came up with my own.

heart granny square ::

I have been working lots of these lovey squares in order to make a cushion, which I hope to share with you soon, but whilst I...

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heart granny square :: a pattern ::

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Granny square pattern with a little something different. This heart centred crochet granny square would make a gorgeous afghan blanket.


Please note this pattern is written here in english crochet terms,  which differ from american crochet terms, there is a fabulous table here which gives translations of all the stitches I've use here.

ingredients ::

3 x contrasting balls of double knit weight yarn.

    I used stylecraft special double knit 100% acrylic in cream (A) pale rose (B) and raspberry (C)

4 mm crochet hook

Abbreviations ::

ch -...

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new necklaces ::

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new neclaces


well maybe not so new, I've been making a squirreling these away for months now!  I finally got round to photograhphing them all today.


new neclaces


Hopefully they will be in my shop sometime over the next few days.



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my boy the chef ::

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my boy the chef ::


one of Milo's main christmas gifts was a little kitchen unit.  It's super special because it was handmade by one of our friends for his son and it's perfect for my boy who loves to help in the kitchen.


To accompany the kitchen we got Milo some of these lovely wooden slicing fruits and just 2 days before christmas I decided to stitch him up an apron, hat and oven mitt!


my boy the chef ::


I used (though really I should...

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