meant to be

For those of you who read my sick bed post you will know about my love of crochet blankets. Since that post I have felt better. So decided on quick crochet project . Picked a pattern went to blog and my eyes would served to sacrilegious granny square blanket. Best of all it was crochet a long. Every week for eight month you make three squares. Sounds easy enough so deciding it was fate I set to work.


The squares are meant to be eight inches my tension is off so slightly bigger. You use a 5mm hook with any double knit so great stash buster

Here are my first few squares

I love the  they are joined with a granny stripe  No unsightly sewing . The seem is almost invisible.

I willingness here and now I will not be making every square as the finished one way to big for my humble double bed.  And I may five up before then lol but at very least I will gave my very own crochet blanket  for next time I am.sick.

a good night sleep

Something I have been missing while ill is a good night's sleep. My youngest son was complaining early mornings disturbing his sleep so he set himself a project a sleeping mask

I just had to share this with you. He leArnt to spike stitch and used this to design himself a mask

This is the result . 

All his own work  very proud mummy moment ....maybe he can make me one

sick bed

I have been quiet this week as I have a tooth infection . My mouth is throbbing and even thought of picking up hook is to much effort.


What it has done it make me think of when I as a child. Mum would  make a bed up on sofa with a bottle of lucozade and her knitted patch work blanket. It bought me such comfort . I finding myself wishing I had crocheted on to snuggle under.

These are kind of images I have in mind bright and simple . Something so soothing about the granny square maybe it's the name granny

 Mind does not look  like this

This was my start of blanket it never grew past this . I had only just learnt to crochet the tension is all working and frankly it looked messy.  I couldn't face finishing it knowing I wasn't happy and couldn't frog it so now it lays in box abandoned. Think I need a blanket before sick season starts  so next time I take to sick bed I can do so under grannies care. 

how to magic loop

Thought I would share how I magic loop . There are loads of tutorials out there. Some are just baffling. My method is super simple and hopefully will help some one out there in blog land.

Start making a back wards j

 Take the tail  behind so you create a loop

 Take the hook under the loop with tail over the hook

 Now do a simple slip stitch

 That's is the loop is created  you can now add in however many stitches you need the you can pull it closed  No hole

just a quicky

 I was going to wait to show you this but I really pleased with it 

 Socks In my house are valuable commodity . It doesn't matter what they look like  my boys will steal them . Hence the  bright yellow I chose .  I saw this pattern for slouchy flight socks and thought I would give it a go 

You crochet it in one piece the only sewing is the flaps on the heel . It makes up quite quickly just a matter of hours not only did I enjoy making it but when I tried it on was amazed they so comfy

So where is the sock now ? Well on my youngest sons foot lol  . He claimed  it straight of the hook . I have been met with cries of I want o ne from other son's  so  I best get hooking.

time for something new

My new magazine came yesterday and one thing caught my eye Tunisian crochet. There was a how to section and some Sun glasses case . So I set to work


Me and sunglasses case ha e a long crochet history it was about this time last year I first picked up hook and I did make a rather pathetic Sun glasses case which I was insanely proud off . However after thinking I had cracked crochet I was unable to make anything else.


I don't have any long Tunisian. Hooks so I used my normal trusty 4mm hook and or a raised a swatch peice. I was pleased it seemed easy and set to work

Here is the result of side one

 It's not to bad  but by second side was much neater as I got into the swing of it

 It makes a nice dense fabric  . I will definitely be buying a set of nice long hooks  if you fancy a go why not get copy of  @simply crochet  set your self a challenge bet you will be glad you did 

big thank you

Just checked  my blog and realized that I have past 1000.views . I am amazking ed that people  take time to visit and read .my ramblings.

I have really enjoyed plotting my.journey and I hope you enjoy reading it. Here to enjoying the rest of the journey . Happy hooking !