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Festival Watch Strap :: Free Crochet Pattern ::

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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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Dyeing Yarn ::

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On Sunday we celebrated the birth of Bex (of By the Yard and Ampersand Commodities), by attending a wonderfully scrumptious BBQ at her house.

On Sunday morning, feeling like a crap friend for leaving it to the last minute, I turned to Milo in desperation and asked 'what shall we get Bex for her birthday?'. His initial response was, you could give her some of you 'knitting balls' (meaning of course...

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Gloucestershire Etsy Craft Party ::

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I'm super excited about the etsy craft party taking place at By the Yard on Friday.  Hosted by my lovely friend Bex, in her wonderful shop, it will be a great event, especially as it also marks the 1 year anniversary of said shop.



Etsy craft parties will be taking place all over the world, celebrating handmade and the birth of etsy itself.


Here's what you can expect from the Cheltenham event (taken...

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This Week ::

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A round up of some of my favourite moments from my Instagram this week ::

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24 Weeks ::

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Sorry I'm a bit late with this weeks update, half term...and well you know! We had a great week though, it mostly rained, we spent a lot of time playing board games and building dens from bedding, so all was well.




One pregnancy milestone reached this week, 24 weeks means viability, meaning if the baby were born now it could survive and the hospital staff would do all they could to make that happen....

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