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Black Friday Sales ::
Posted by vicki brown on
So I know it's only Thursday, but I thought I would let you all in on my sales secrets a little early!
You may or may not know, that before I became a crochet designer I spent the majority of my time making items from polymer clay. I have a little etsy shop called Lilleyand it is solely due to this enterprise that I was able to remain away from work after my maternity leave ended. Though this side...
You may or may not know, that before I became a crochet designer I spent the majority of my time making items from polymer clay. I have a little etsy shop called Lilleyand it is solely due to this enterprise that I was able to remain away from work after my maternity leave ended. Though this side...
Design Wars 5 :: the final reveal ::
Posted by vicki brown on
Woohoo...the final reveal of all of the designs created by the Design Wars 5 challengers has been posted!
You can see all the wonderful creations and vote for your favourites over on the Design Wars blog, of course if you fancy voting for my design I won't dissuade you from doing so ;) So here is my final design ::
I'll post more about the slippers themselves tomorrow, but if you can't wait...
You can see all the wonderful creations and vote for your favourites over on the Design Wars blog, of course if you fancy voting for my design I won't dissuade you from doing so ;) So here is my final design ::
I'll post more about the slippers themselves tomorrow, but if you can't wait...
Stranded Knits by Ann Kingstone ::
Posted by vicki brown on
I've been a big fan of Ann Kingstone's work for a while now, especially her stranded knitwear (wetwang being a particular favourite that I really really will knit for myself one day) if you haven't come across her designs before I strongly recommend you go investigate.
So I was thrilled to get my hands on a copy of her new book, 'Stranded Knits'. It's such a beautifully put together book. If...
So I was thrilled to get my hands on a copy of her new book, 'Stranded Knits'. It's such a beautifully put together book. If...
Robot Hoodie ::
Posted by vicki brown on
I managed to persuade Milo to do a little bit of modelling for me at the weekend and Sunday was the perfect day for it too, just the right weather for him to be parading around in the Robot Hoodie I originally designed for Inside Crochet.
You may have noticed that I do love a bit of colourwork...especially on the yoke. I would say the majority of my designs probably have a colourwork yoke like...
You may have noticed that I do love a bit of colourwork...especially on the yoke. I would say the majority of my designs probably have a colourwork yoke like...
Design Wars :: Yarn ::
Posted by vicki brown on
You may remember me talking about being accepted to compete in Design Wars 5 a couple of weeks ago.
Well...on Friday my yarn delivery arrived!
I'm so excited, the yarn is beautiful and the colours are wonderful. I cannot wait to get stuck in.
