Welcome to my ramblings… the main focus of these pages will be to share some of my crochet projects.
However, I do have other interests too… so you’ll probably catch me rambling about those as well!
Look out for my Sourdough story coming soon…
and my love of Cornwall!
Welcome to my ramblings… the main focus of these pages will be to share some of my crochet projects. However, I do have other interests too… so you’ll probably catch me rambling about those as well! Look out for my Sourdough story coming soon… and my love of Cornwall!
Part 1 I started my bread making journey at the beginning of the Covid_19 pandemic lockdown here in the UK. Flour was in short supply and I managed to purchase some Hovis Granary flour and Allinson dried yeast from my local supermarket. I baked a couple of loaves using these key ingredients. My lovely daughter… Continue reading Adventures in Sourdough…
Under normal circumstances we would just be safely home from our usual annual holiday in Cornwall. We decided that due to the Covid-19 pandemic and that hospitality had only just started to re-open at the beginning of July, the sensible thing to do would be to stay at home. We stay not far from Falmouth… Continue reading Missing Cornwall… Part 1
It’s mid summer in the UK and we had some very warm weather just recently. I had some yarn left over from my Black Forest blanket (see earlier blog post for details https://nickybeecrochet.com/2020/06/11/welcome-to-my-blog/ ) and decided to be unseasonable and make some hot water bottle covers to sell in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/nickybeecrochet and on… Continue reading Hot Water Bottle Covers
I’ve wanted to crochet one of these blankets since I saw the ones that @littledovecrochet made. https://littledovedesigns.co.uk/blogs/little-dove-crochet-blogs/field-of-daisies-blanket The pattern for the daisies and the squares is by Tillie Tulip http://tillietulip.blogspot.com/2012/06/to-beg-chain-ch-5-and-join-to-form.html I chose my usual Stylecraft Special DK https://www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/Special+DK/0_caea175_CAFA016.htm from Wool Warehouse https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/ The daisy centres are Mocha and the petals are Soft Peach. I used… Continue reading Field of Daisies Baby Blanket
I usually make stock to sell in my Etsy Shop https://etsy.me/2JahC7j or crochet custom orders for folks. This week, having finished a custom order, I decided I would finally get around to crocheting a cushion cover to match our bedroom which we renovated a year ago! Blacksmith’s horse and all that… We chose a muted… Continue reading Colour Blend Cushion
