Remember the denim chair?

Since finishing the chair I was left with a large pile of cut up jeans.  I was not sure what to do with the left overs so I went online to Pinterest and typed in recycled denim.  Wow! what a wealth of ideas that gave me. I quite liked several of the ideas : But…

Some quiet play in the house. . . it is possible.

This little bag is one of the pieces of craft I have completed recently.  I was making some crochet balls to use in the house so our granddaughter could practise her throwing.  Our grandson had used some Japanese juggling figures for throwing when he was little and I thought this would be good to add…

Definitely only once.

This little creature, just incase you don’t recognise it, is Yoda.  He is a Star Wars character. My younger daughter was given a crochet kit as a gift at Christmas 2015 and she has not got around to making anything from it. While we were staying with her before Christmas I asked if she had…

It has taken five attempts before I got it right

My granddaughter would like me to make her a new blanket as the previous one has given up the ghost.  I thought I might be able to make her one from the wool I have in my stash so I started with this ball first. The wool is lovely and soft but I realised after…

A blast from the past

When we were recently in Sydney we were staying with my brother and his wife.  My sister-in-law brought an item out of her wardrobe to show me.  I was amazed that she had kept this item for so long.  It must be at least forty years old! A very simple crocheted poncho.  I have no…

Deconstruction and reconstruction

A while ago I made a cardigan for our youngest granddaughter.  I wrote about it here. It was a piece of crochet done while I watched cricket. Recently, when visiting my younger daughter she asked me if I would be able to make the cardigan bigger again.  I had already added a row more of…