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criss cross

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

The embellishing of the crochet hook case with scrap embroidery thread continues…
Who knows where it will end???

following the lines

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Some days I feel super creative… I’m driven to push boundaries, and work outside my comfort zone.
Other days I just like to stick to the straight and narrow.
No prizes for guessing which zone I was in when I started embellishing the crochet hook case…

useful… but a bit too plain!

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Look at what my friend Dawnie bought for me.

Isn’t she a treasure???
This is the best hook storage system that I have ever used.

Four zippered pockets…. which are just the right size.
Pocket 1 contains bits and pieces – wool needles, scissors, gauge ruler, tape measure, etc.
Pocket 2 contains my 3mm and 4mm hooks
Pocket 3 contains the [...]

peacock swap…

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

It feels like such a long time since I was last involved in a swap… so this was lots of fun!
The theme was PEACOCK colours…
The idea was to crochet an item, and team it with a few surprises for your swap partner.
This time I was really stumped for ideas.
Sometimes I just get inspired and know [...]

thanks bec…

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Have to say a HUGE thank you, for these goodies which arrived in the mail last week:

You might remember that I was expressing some concern in this post here, about how I might run out of scrap embroidery threads for my sunnies case…
Well, that’s where the oh-so-wonderful Bec comes in…
I think that Bec and I [...]