happiness revisted

I know it's no secret to regular reader that I love Heidi bears . The simple African flower motif never fails to amaze me as it takes shape to create a lovely animal.


Regular readers know my sin obsession for ducks so I decided to make him.one of  the birds of happiness.

This is not my first try at the pattern but I was surprised that I had forgot the basics lol. It soon came flooding back as I finished it I couldn't help comparing it to my first attempt back in April


Here is first attempt

My son loves red so I decided to use it as my main  colour. I have to say I love it

I think you can see a improvement . I think also using a smaller needle helped the whole thing is just more cheerful.and better made. Taking this new confidence I am.preparing o make another Heidi bears pattern the elephant my son is begging for. At least I won't have to worry about forgetting the motif lol

a celebration bird

This is my 100th post I don't think I have ever kept at a diary so long and certainly not a blog but I did wonder what I should do as my post . I am also getting to the anniversary of first learning to crochet so I wanted it to be something good I attempted some very tricky most but messed them up and the result  was not picking up my hook


So then today my new copy of simply crochet came . It's a bumper issue ready for Xmas . How could I not find something I wanted to make. And what really stood out is the free attic 24 kit to make a board bird


It seemed fitting Lucy work opened my eyes to what was possible Crochet . I really thought it was all granny squares and bunting untill then.  So I set to work a three hours later here it is

Forgive the photo . It's really hard to get it right but it is actually really cute. The pattern was in a book of various decoration . I love the early and the colour so think I will make a few for my tree.


So that's it the my 100th post thanks for reading . I hope you enjoy reading it here's to the next 100!!

i love lucy

I had heard of Lucy at attic 24 before I had made my first  foundation chain. My friend introduced me to Lucy work  after she had competed a beautiful wreath. I set off for a journey into blog land and spent literally hours trawling her  blog and with a determination to learn crochet. Before I set up this blog I read others and was shocked by how often Lucy name mentioned   and a quick Google shows how many people have been inspired  by Lucy work.  These two picture are my attempts at recreating  Lucy work .I especially love the wreath which  was featured in February simply  crochet mag and the little bird is simply  adorable and very quick to make  My ultimate aim is to do a proper wreath but then something else seems to take my eye, still never say never