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Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on March 11. The magnitude-9.0 quake spawned a deadly tsunami that slammed into the nations east coast, leaving a huge swath of...

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME!!

My little shop has been nominated for The Lovelies! It would mean the world to me to get one of these. Voting ends soon! Please, please vote for me!Simply hit the Facebook like button! Thank you

sabbatical

Hi all... just a quick note to let you know that one loop short will be taking a break for the forseeable future so that I can concentrate all my efforts on one little bird, my print business. Its...

print giveaway

Happy New Year! Sorry Ive been away for so long. Ive not been crocheting much lately as Ive been busy concentrating on revamping my Etsy shop. Its generating quite a bit of interest, so in...

Seasons Greetings!!

Heres wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a damn fine 2011!!! Thanks all for keeping up with me... I very much hope to see you again in the new year!

Revival!

Hmmm... I feel another 70s revival coming on. Firstly, Ive been thinking about macrame for the past few days. I remember a girl teaching me how to macrame in the playground at school when I was...

New Flickr Groups

Good morning! Its high time I got back into my online activities. To kick start this Ive just created two gorgeous new groups over on Flickr. The first is one loop ahead, a showcase for all the...

Feeling creative again!

I seem to have a constant string of crochet projects on the go. Ive just finished this little cushion for Leos room, which seem to take an age to do! And Im playing around with these buttons that...

100+ followers!!

Woohoo!! Despite my continued absence from blogland, my followers keep slowly mounting and now weve passed the 100 mark!! Thank you all for your interest in my little piece of virtual world!Im...

Phew...

Im tired and my back kills me... ALL the time!! But at least I have time to knit now. Even if its only for him :)Buzzbee & Baby Yoda

Little Model

One of the joys of being a bit crafty and being a mum is that you can make stuff for your baby. Heres a couple of things I made, modelled beautifully by Leo!I created the onesie by uploading some...

Its Been a While

On Tuesday Leo turned 3 months old. I can hardly believe how quickly time has passed. Of course Im still too busy to really focus on my blogs, but I wanted to say a quick hi and post these lovely...

the prettiest star

Here he is folks...my precious little boy. Two and a half weeks old. We are all doing fine. Exhausted and no time to write any more, but will be back soon :)

Tuesday is the day!!

So, by this time next Tuesday I should have my little boy! I can be exact about this because I am due to be induced. So a last weekend of just us two and final preparations. Slightly hampered by an...

Happy Summer!

As you can see Ive been rather quiet here on blogland since the wedding as were just concentrating on getting ready for the big arrival in a couple of weeks time!! But I want to say a huge thank...

We did it!!

Yesterday I married the most wonderful man in the world! George has been my rock for 6 years now. Finally, with me at 7 1/2 months pregnant we got married. We've been through a lot in the past...

It's a stashbusting day!

I may already have mentioned once or twice that I am having a baby very soon (did I mention that... sorry I'm just really excited about it)! And I want to make something very special and heirloomy...

A Very Large Doily

I'm into doilies again... with not much else to do right now, except get married and wait for my baby to come, it's the perfect time-killer.This is a whopping 17"/43cm across! Maybe I'll frame it....

Happy Hangers

As soon as I saw these Happy Hangers from Dottie Angel, I knew I had to make some...... Tif's pattern is really easy to follow, but if you suffer from 'daft & pregnant' brain syndrome like me, I...

Spotlight on... White Owl

I'm more into modernism than vintage these days, but just check out these stunning, stunning reclaimed lace pieces from White Owl......and so beautifully photographed too!

The First Cardigan

It's been a while since I knitted anything, but now with the baby on the way there's a new incentive! And my first constructed garment too :) I'm particularly pleased with the odd buttons......

Home From Home

George and I have had a wonderful relaxing Easter weekend in our 'home from home' town of Nafpaktos, a beautiful little place in western Greece. One day I would like us to live there permenantly....

In a whirl!

Phew... I'm exhausted after the antics of the past two weeks so tonight George and I are treating ourselves. We're off to see the whirling dervishes from Turkey. I've always wanted to see them and...

a BIG thank you!

I'd like to shout out a big thank you to the lovely Through the Loops and Knit and Tonic blogs for featurning my little hexagon pincushion pattern... and of course to all you lovely people who...

Cast your votes please!

Unashamedly, yet again, I am asking for you to vote for me in the Spoonflower Boba G2 Baby Carrier fabric design contest. I stand to win $500! You can vote for me here. Hit the link that reads...

I'm a winner!

Yay! I'm so chuffed! My little pin-cushion won Best Design in the Ravelry Free Pattern Testers Mini-Awards!! My first crochet award! I am very flattered and thank you to all of you who voted :)

Crochet Workshops

A big thanks to the lovely Bee over at Chain Creative for this lovely little interview she did with me. She seems to think I'm some sort of crochet expert (err...), but still very nice of her:)...

I've been nominated!

Holy smokes! I've been nominated for a little award by the Free Pattern Testers group on Ravelry in their 2010 Mini Awards: Best Design category. It's for my one and only pattern, my little hexagon...

Last Minute Valentines!

For those of you who have a romantic weekend coming up but have forgotton the card, don't worry! I have two printable cards available in the shop!A romantic butterfly heart, and for those of you...