festival virgin

There are many things I have never done rock concerts , clubbing and yes festival . I don't mind none of these things are really me untill I discovered a festival tailored made for me.

Brighton is very close to where I

 grew up and I noticed there a festival on the weekend of my birthday . The festival is called Brighton unwind and yes you guessed it it's a wool and knitting crochet festival.

I was destined not to go as my other half works most weekends and we live 400 miles away but the fates have conspired and he's off and willing to drive me and we staying at my mum's for weekend. I can not tell you how excited I am.to be going

Here is a link if you fancy reading more about the festival and who knows I may even see you there

http://unwindbrighton.blogspot.co.uk/p/marketplace.html

coffe break

 I was not  going to blog today although I do have breaking news the back is finished .... Lol not entirely happy with it but that another story



Any way am Sat with a coffee watching my guilty pleasure +jeremy Kyle  flicking through my favourite book. .I bought this after seeing it in+simply crochet  and have to say I love everything about it . It's a proper high class hardback book with beautiful pictures. It starts of easy  and gradually progresses as your skills become more advance. When I was helping my son with his project the easy projects were ideal




xnttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Crochet-Dk/dp/1409334678/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399895002&sr=1-1&keywords=crochet+dk you can look more closely at the book here at Amazon


However if you are like me and you love a freebie you can down load a pdf of the pillow for free by visiting here.

http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/pdfs/dk_9781465415912_pillow.pdf

Hope you enjoy as much as I do

book review

This bag  caught my eye and I promptly bought the book  cute and easy  crochet  with flowers by nicki trench I was very excited when it arrived and  every project a winner . Although the yarn used  is her own brand and frankly out of my price range I have substituted for standard Arran or dk and am pleased with the results.  ironically  I have not yet started  the bag   but I have made a pin cushion a poppy purse and have almost completed the daisy scarf although i changed colour to make it more poppy like . This book is versatile and  got plenty  for novice and for my advanced .i could happily make every thing in this  book and probably will.

The  following link should take you to Amazon if you Interested . You can even take a look. Inside  the book .....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cute-Easy-Crocheted-Flowers-incorporating/dp/1782490493/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393715101&sr=1-2&keywords=cute+and+easy+crochet