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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.This moment


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yet another blanket ::

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as I mentioned on Monday, despite already having 3 crochet blankets in progress at the moment, I decided to take on yet another!

Hexagons this time, as requested by the mr.

I'm afraid I don't have a pattern link for this, as I sort of made it up myself from a photo provided to me by said mr.

another blanket ::

I'm using a variety of acrylic yarns I already had, in some fantastically bright colours!

another blanket ::

I initially thought...

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Allotmenting:: And so it begins ::

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and so it begins ::

The seeds arrived a couple of weeks ago now, but with the arrival of some of the live plants this week, I really started to get going on this years growing season. Oh my, it is awfully exciting, so much hope and expectation in each tiny little seed.

and so it begins ::

I purchased the majority of my seeds from these guysthis year, and they certainly look fabulous (obviously I can't vouch for the seeds themselves...

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finding inspiration :: hexagon love ::

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OK so I'm already working on much too many projects, but alongside the leap year blanket, I've decided to make a hexagon crochet blanket too. So here are a few of the favorites inspiring me from around the interwebs ::






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January pullover ::

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So at the start of the year I decided I was going to start writing and publishing my crochet patterns myself (as well as in magazines). My goal was to write and publish one pattern a month. At first I thought I would be starting in February, but the yarn for my first project arrived much quicker than I expected and the piece itself crocheted together in less than 2 days! So here is the first of my...

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