all quiet on the crochet front

 I have to confess for the last couple of days  I have not even picked up a hook . Mainly it's because it's that time again where kids finishing up for school year endless trip and plays and special.assembly  the only light at end of tunnel is the thought of a long summer free to.hook to my hearts delight


Tonight I have a headache and hooking and headaches don't mix but even with that I still managed to do two ears  two tusks and a tail and am only four feet away from a ta-day


It's a elephant for my.middle son who completed his green belt grading at karate. He adores elephants and its green although his colour of choice would be orange lol any sY hopefully not to long till I can share it with you. I know his endless moaning of is it nearly done won't be missed it was probably cause of headache lol

up up and away

 Was really pleased how quick this has worked up

 To make this I have borrowed from various sources. The general idea comes from.Lucy's happy flower .  The sun  from. Bunny mummy  blog and the cloud came from.a motif in simy crochet.  The star of the show is the hot air balloon which was ally designed by o e of my.closest friends . The pattern can be found on ravelry

Blog land myself I included having a bit of Mandala mania  but I love that this one can have a practical use as my house if getting covered by these no surface is safe lol.

I think all together it works really well . I plan to give this to my nephew to put in his nursery I think it will brighten up any room. 

crochet chick

Since finishing my wreath I lost my crojo all motivation gone . Decided I needed something fun and quick so trawled ravelry  and found  this

  It's actually meant to be a chicken .  I must have done something wrong as it looks more like a penguin. Then my son who is was destined for pointed out it a bit like Perry the platypus .  Whatever it is its very cute and cured me of my motivational slump.

Only problem.now is what to do next lol

postal treats

It is like summer to finally here  Not much hooking has been going on    but two thing arrived in post today that cheered me up one was this lovely set of hooks . I know some people like the fancy padded hooks but for me I love aluminium . These are ideal the were less than four pounds and come in handy case so hopefully no more hooks lost to sofa.

The next thing to arrive was even more exciting . I entered my Hippocrates in a competition drawn monthly and it won the prize was this voucher for twenty pounds to spend in store

Not sure if any of you have ever been a abakhan but it's a crafters dream with craft barns covering many different crafts . There even a cafe and at area for kids so you can make a real.day of it . Think I will save this for my birthday next month th and get myself a treat

wreath ta da

So here  it is my attempt at May day wreath.  After the wreaths arrived from.amazon I found motivation to continue with the strippy cover. Then should have come the fun bit  putting it all together.  I pinned it first  for placement and Lucy had even suggested leaving it simply pinned .  But in my case  any time the wreath moved  something pinged off. At this point I resigned  myself to lists of sewing. 

 Then I seemed to have to many elements even though I used the same size wreath and started thinking the whole project a waste of time. 

 So today I looked at it again  . And this is the result  actually I am pleased with results. Hope my.mum.like it 

guess who

I decided to try out my new book

But who should I make  ? The book is unusual as you pick body type to create your doll the only limit is you imagination.

 So after flicking through I made a decision  and here is  his face 

 Bit hard to tell so  here is a bit more of a clue

 Hmmmm a red bow tie and a fez  could be no other .  The an a certain Dr. Have to say he's right bow ties are cool

. hopefully it will eventually look a bit like this . This picture I googled I think it's by Alison Hoffman who wrote the above book.

 Well I can but dream.  Dr  who and crochet for me have a long history . The reason I was desperate to crochet is a friend who introduced me to crochet being more than a square . Since then she has spoils me with these beauties

 I aren't they lovely ??  I hope I can

 return the favour one day  giving her a Dr of her own but untill then this one is mine lol

may in review

I started this blog as almost a scrap book . . I have now been crocheting seven months and sometimes I make something and surprise myself that I am.able to do it . I guess it shows how easy crochet is once you have the basics.


I was looking back through May was surprised at how much I had achieved. I finished my hippo

 Was naughty and completed my rain bow cushion  two months before my birthday lol

  Joined in the mandala mania for yarn dale

Had a go at designing  a  tea cosy 

 Tried my hand at making  clothing

 Of course I couldn't go a whole month without a bit of fun

 Started a May flower wreaths. Really must crack on with it lol

 And finished the month with a cute fairy

 Wow all in all a busy month ..... I wonder what  next month will hold