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crochet jar cover ::
Posted by vicki brown on
A couple of weeks ago I had my first attempt at making marmalade, for a first attempt it came out pretty well, but I made a huge quantity and well as my mr hates the stuff, and try as we might it seemed unlikely that Milo and I would manage the whole 7 jars we have, I figured most of them would become gifts. Of course in order for this to happen those assorted, recycled, jars would need a little...
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finding inspiration :: blankets ::
Posted by vicki brown on
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.
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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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.
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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a blanket for the rug ::
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well a blanket version of the rug at least.
Ever since we got this rug I've intended to crochet a blanket which matched in some way. Originally I was just going to use the colours and do a traditional granny square blanket. But the more I've admired the rug and thought about the blanket to accompany it, the more I thought an exact replica might be the way to go.
I finally purchased the yarn on...