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Hello July ::

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Oh my am I pleased to see the back of June! It was a busy busy month for me workwise, it saw the first time I turned work down and the first time I wish I had turned more work down! There were lots of very late nights, lots of coffee and a few breakdowns! But I made it and having a glance through my instagram shots from those 30 days, tells me (though it seems like it was now) it wasn't actually...

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Simply Crochet :: Issue 6 ::

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Issue 6 of Simply Crochet went on sale a couple of weeks ago now, but I've been a bit slow at keeping the blog up to date of late as I've been rushed off my feet with lots and lots of crochet!

New @simplycrochet through my door this morning including 2 projects by me :) 

It's another gorgeous issue, full of great projects.

I have 2 patterns in this issue, a tapestry tablet cosy ::


And a pair of lacy socks ::

My newest sock pattern in the new @simolycrochet magazine

The socks have so far proven to be very popular indeed. I couldn't...

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Vitamin C ::

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A couple of weeks ago I took my first trip to Wonderwool, it was all very exciting, but unfortunately I was pretty penniless at the time.  As I couldn't splurge out on all the stacks of yarn that took my fancy, I decided it best to find a pattern first, then purchase yarn specifically for that purpose.


So I took myself off to Rock & Purl, where I got myself a copy of the lovely Vitamin C. I then...

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This Moment ::

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Inspired by SouleMama

In her words...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.


Time for new trousers maybe?!

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Postcircle ::

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Yay! It's a #postcircle day! 

I'm not sure I've blogged about postcircle before now, but I'm not sure why...because it is awesome!

Yay! Today is a #postcircle day :)

Organised by Anna of Miss Beatrix, the idea is fairly simple, you get assigned to a group (I'm red squirrel!) then you send fabulous mail, of real life variety, to the others in that group, then of course you also get to receive some mail in return!  What could be better?!

Yay for #postcircle post to cheer a Monday morning 


Awesome post yesterday, including the gorgeous new issue of @insidecrochet and lovely #postcircle post :) 

I've been playing a...

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