Mental Health Awareness Week
I am terrified about posting this because it’s scary personal stuff but it’s Mental Health Awareness Week and I think it’s important for us to share our stories so other’s might not feel so alone.
The State Of Grace and why representation matters.
Last week I saw one of those videos that gets shared to make people feel good. It was of a girl who was given a doll with a prothetic leg. She was crying and crying, she finally had a doll that was just like her. After a life of only seeing dolls with two legs, …
Colourful Cushion
The pattern for this is by Set Free My Gypsy Soul and was in issue 74 of Mollie Makes I made the two sides slightly different colour schemes so I can flip it over when I want a change. I am totally in love with this cushion!
Chunky Cowl
I wanted to make this chunky cowl by SFMGS but our local yarn shop didn’t have any fun colours in chunky so I had to make do with what they had. I definitely want to make another in more funky colours. Because I didn’t like the colours so much, I ended up adding lots of …
Battery Pack Cover
Daz got me an extra battery pack thing for charging my phone back in the summer because Pokemon Go uses up so much battery. It had a boring black case but I seem to have lost it so I made a super colourful one to replace it. I just made it up as I went …
More hats
Some for the adults… …and some for the kiddies.
Ear Flap Hat
Had a go a making an ear flap hat today. It’s getting cold and I need something to protect my ears when I’m out on my scooter. It would probably have worked better with more contrasting yarn but it was all I had in that thickness. The pattern is from Etsy, you can find it …
Pom Pom Wreath
I’m totally in Christmas decoration mode now. Everything has to be colourful! Luckily I have lots of colourful yarn left over after making the granny stripe blanket. I just made lots of pompoms and tied them to a wire wreath base. I glue gunned them all on once I was decided on the positioning and …
Baubles
It’s nearly Christmas so I’ve been making baubles to decorate the tree and house. The pattern is another by the wonderful Set Free My Gypsy Soul and you can find it here.
Hats
After making a blanket, I wanted to make some smaller projects so this time I decided on hats – makes sense seeing as the weather is getting so cold! I used this pattern by Set Free my Gypsy Soul on Etsy