tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63706011347255069952024-03-13T07:47:43.571-07:00doodling with woolmy crochet habits and creations.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-45811421628073905632014-12-27T13:45:00.001-08:002014-12-27T13:45:42.704-08:00Pink girlie cosiness<p dir="ltr">Here is my latest one of two crocheted hot water bottle covers that I had commisions for Christmas prezzies this year. The brief was as pink and girlie as you can manage. With a thick pink ribbed stitch all of the way round, with two different shades of pink being worked at the same time, and a crocheted flower to finish, I consider the brief fulfilled :)</p>
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-18391751924216420482014-09-25T09:36:00.000-07:002014-10-04T09:56:54.182-07:00Poppy Spectacular<span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Quattrocento, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">On the 4th of October I'm joining a group of the ladies from my church and community, to make tons of poppies in light of our commemorative events over the remembrance weekend. </span><br />
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I finished this little Crochet sun hat for my little poppet Sophie in no time at all. It was a really quick easy pattern that you can find for free <a href="http://yolandasotolopez.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/crochet-summer-baby-hat.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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It is a lovely hat that could be made in any colour with any detail. I just threaded some wool through the hat and sewed on a little crocheted bow in the same colour. I made it in cotton as the pattern suggests, which made it light enough to protect sensitive baby heads from the summer sun, without it making your baby too hot.</div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-12471873682626791822014-05-04T17:23:00.001-07:002014-05-05T12:42:07.032-07:00The Cutest Baby Sun Hats<div dir="ltr">
On the 11th of the 11th I gave birth to our first child. A beautiful baby girl. Now summer is here I want me and her to spend every minute possible out in the fresh air, on lush daisy-sprawled lawns, with friends and toys and ice-cream (for me!). So, of course, I need to keep her delicate skin protected from the sun. Most importantly I want to protect her head, so (any excuse) I browsed pinterest for inspiration and spotted a few cute little designs that I couldn't resist...</div>
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I LOVE this pattern. It is really easy to do, took me less than a day (quite an achievement with a six month old), and looks really very cute - the perfect timeless sun hat for a boy or a girl.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">She came five weeks early but is doing really well. </span><br />
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This is my fave fair of the year because their is such a lovely vibe.<br />
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Customers get wrapped up warm to come and browse the stalls for beautiful high quality arts and crafts Christmas gifts. Residents of Oldfield Park or Moorfields are bound to bump into a few friendly faces as lots of the beautiful things for sale are made and sold by local people from throughout the neighbourhood.<br />
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For more info visit <a href="http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/event/Articulate-Arts-Crafts-Fair/event-17192985-detail/event.html#axzz2iAQso5vZ">The Bath Chronicle's website</a> or <a href="https://www.ukcraftfairs.com/fair_finder_more/12693/articulate-craft-fair">UKCraftfairs.com</a></h2>
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On a personal note, this fair is special to me because it is put on by my community craft club that I absolutely love being a part of throughout the year. Plus, I have just moved house to just around the corner, making me more of a local member than ever before, and Articulate thrives from its wonderful community feel as like-minded crafters come together from the same neighbourhood. But it is also important to me because this time last year I did the Articulate craft fair, and it was the first time I had ever attempted to sell my own hand-made goods, and it was so exciting that from that day forth The Flower Mill was born!<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-37175239310110319952013-09-30T05:19:00.000-07:002013-10-19T05:50:29.044-07:00Crocheted BroccoliMy very close friend recently bought a toy broccoli from Ikea.<br />
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This soon turned into a bit of a thing when she began to take pictures of 'Brocolli''s visits to tourist destinations and uploading them onto Facebook.</div>
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So for her 30th Birthday I decided to attempt something I had never attempted before - crocheting a vegetable!</div>
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An ever so slightly bonkers birthday prezzy for my ever so slightly bonkers (but then who isn't?!) and truly lovely friend...</div>
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I worked the stalk in the round (light green) and the cloud-like part (dark green) was an amalgamation of pop-corn stitch and trebble crochet decreasing into the stalk at the end. I sewed on some little beads for eyes and stitched a couple of simple stitches of black cotton to make the mouth and tada!</div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-83544037573745511662013-08-10T08:41:00.000-07:002013-08-10T08:48:36.732-07:00New business cardsWhen you are out and about selling your goods it is essential that you have some publicity with you at all times to hand out your contact details at the flick of a wrist. This is how I get most of my stalls at new fairs - people like what they see, they ask for my card, then they email me about their own school fairs or craft events inviting me to get involved. So when it comes to business cards its worth paying a little money to get them just the way you like them.<br />
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I have recently updated my business cards. After many hours of thought and design, this is the new and improved end product.<br />
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I'm especially pleased that these cards have a business email address on them! This is my new email account especially for The Flower Mill, which I hope you'll agree gives an extra professional feel. I can't wait to start giving them out at craft fairs across the South West.<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-54036336736827008622013-07-22T07:42:00.000-07:002013-08-10T08:49:31.226-07:00A sunshiney crochet picnicMy friend Lucy is a whiz with a camera and one sunshiney day she invited me along to a crochet picnic in Parade Gardens. Situated in our beautiful home town, Bath, we sneaked in through a side gate with an oversized key (that are entrusted to a few privileged local residents) and had the most beautiful day watching the world go by, by the weir. Here are the pics that prove it...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The perfect refreshing snack (after all I am pregnant and it is hot!)</td></tr>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-17253155474511842622013-07-11T07:30:00.000-07:002013-08-10T08:19:38.875-07:00Out of this worldI've wanted to crochet some naughty little monsters to put on my stall for quite a while.<br />
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My husband helped me to design these little fellas. He loves the mathamatical side of my crocheting hobby.<br />
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It is kind of an amigurumi egg and a crocheted flower crocheted together as one shape. I crocheted a straight forward circle and dot for an eye on each monster.<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-90146947816218259102013-07-07T06:32:00.000-07:002013-08-10T08:20:03.461-07:00Crocheted Roses<h3>
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Today I taught myself how to crochet a rose. I wanted to make some to add as a detail on my <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6370601134725506995#editor/target=post;postID=4259030598651900070" target="_blank">baby headbands</a>.</div>
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I looked at a lot of different free rose patterns on <a href="http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/roses.php" target="_blank">Crochet Pattern Central </a> and then I adapted the patterns to suit my needs. I like thinks to look neat and delicate, but I need them to be fairly quick to crochet so that I can sell my crocheted accessories for a reasonable price that is affordable to the customer without having taken me houra of unpaid labour. The pattern I settled with is a variation on this <a href="http://www.pompomemporium.com/content/crocheted-flowers-roses" target="_blank">one</a>.<br />
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-46830474668121912582013-06-26T08:36:00.001-07:002013-06-26T08:43:13.344-07:00Popcorn Stitch Around A BlanketI'm having a lot of fun putting that bobbly popcorn stitch around my ongoing blanket. I wanted to give the blanket a bit of texture. With baby number one on the way (due in December) I thought it would be sweet to add these bobbly bits around the outside to add cosy tactility for tiny fingers. I'm hoping to do at least two rows of this in a zigzagging alternating pattern. It takes a while but is lovely and therapeutic once you get into the rhythm of it. Here are some pictures of one side of one row done, to give you the general idea of how it looks...<br />
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To learn how to do the popcorn stitch for yourself, or to find out a bit more about it, click <a href="http://doodlingwithwool.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/how-to-crochet-popcorn-stitch.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-17916135965419180692013-06-17T03:34:00.001-07:002013-06-26T08:41:25.975-07:00How to Crochet a Bobly Popcorn Stitch<div>
One of the main reasons I LOVE to crochet is because there are always new techniques and stitches to learn, so I never get bored of it. Yesterday I taught myself to do a lovely bobbly popcorn stitch. </div>
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I wanted to learn a stitch that would add cosy texture to my work. I learnt this technique by following the instructions in my <a href="http://www.theartofcrochet.com/home" target="_blank">The Art of Crochet magazine</a> and it didn't disappoint.<br />
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I haven't yet got much to show from my popcorn lessons but I did find these gorgeous pictures on-line to give you a good idea of the depth of this lovely stitch.<br />
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It didn't take me long to get the hang of it. I want to try to incorporate it into <a href="http://doodlingwithwool.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/im-having-lot-of-fun-putting-that.html" target="_blank">my ongoing blanket project</a>, but it takes quite a lot of time - well worth it, I feel, but we'll see what I can manage with all of my other projects on the go.<br />
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If you would like to learn how to do the popcorn stitch you can follow these simple on-line instructions...</div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-53745912327422098432013-06-01T04:21:00.000-07:002013-06-17T04:24:29.537-07:00Super-cute Crocheted Pin Cushions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look at these crazily cute crocheted takes on the traditional pin cushion. Aren't they just the most adorable things!?! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Doni at <a href="http://whiskersandwool.blogspot.be/2010/08/spool-magazinecoming-this-fall.html" target="_blank">Whiskers & Wool</a></td></tr>
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I stumbled across these lovelies on pinterest. To see more of my pins click <i><a href="http://pinterest.com/crochetpretties/" target="_blank">here</a></i>.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-90394468701374023692013-05-28T07:47:00.001-07:002013-06-17T03:52:34.702-07:00Crocheting a business card case<div dir="ltr">
I am part way through a really simple little project, where I am effectively crocheting a little sock to fit around my business cards so that they can stay nice and shiny even despite being in the bottom of my handbag all day every day.</div>
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*Crochet a chain twice as long as the business card is wide.<br />
*Add a few chains if you want to fit a good number of cards in there.<br />
*Slip stitch into a ring.<br />
*Double crochet in every chain.<br />
*Work round and round and round in double crochet stitches until it is long enough.<br />
*Sew or crochet one end together to creat the bottom of the case.<br />
*decorate to your liking</div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0Bath, Bath51.3758 -2.3599038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-50100711762736667412013-04-13T07:34:00.001-07:002013-06-17T03:57:14.674-07:00Emma the amigurumi giraffe<p dir=ltr>Here she is... Emma the giraffe. </p>
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Over the last couple of days I have been playing with turquoises, lilacs and this lovely distressed blue for a very special commisioned brooch for a soon-to-be married man to give to his soon-to-be wife on their honeymoon.</div>
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I've narrowed it down to three ribbons in particular. There's the turqoise one. You can't see it very well on this photo but this is a lovely, rich turquoise, silky ribbon. Then there's the lovely neutral one. This one is a light creamy colour, with grey stitches down the sides. And then lastly (my personal favourite) the floral grey one, which I would adjust to be a bit thinner. But might this one be a bit too... well... floral for some people?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Craftsy describe themselves as " a community of passionate crafters featuring online classes about all your favorite crafts including quilting, sewing & cake decorating." </span><span style="background-color: white;">I became a craftsy member to download a free crochet pattern from them, but until now have never taken any of their courses.</span><br />
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I have so much wool, even now as I type there are balls of wool all over the sofa as I am midway through a project (or ten!). But I must admit, most of the wool I own has been donated to me from people who have finished projects or people who wish to help me out in my little Cottage industry <a href="http://www.theflowermill.weebly.com/" target="_blank">The Flower Mill</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Getting started was really easy. It took me less than a minute to "buy" the course. (It was completely free, but you still have to add it to your cart and process the order). The course is made up of detailed videos that I can watch as many times as I'd like. They never expire and are easily accessed once logged onto my Craftsy account. There was a short introductory Craftsy video about getting the most out of their learning resourses which again took only one minute. Then I was in...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have only watched the first session and I am finding it really helpful. </span><span style="background-color: white;">After just the first ten minutes, I had already realised how I have no idea about the content of different wools or the sheep that they come from or the way the wools are processed to achieve their different textures and looks. I was lapping up Deborah's vast knowledge. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So far, I have found Deborah Robson's teaching extremely clear to follow and absolutely brimming full with her life-long learnt, specialist information on wool. I am excited to learn from her as she explains everything very thoroughly without waffling on or entering the realms of patronising.</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-3060100419562957092013-04-07T15:15:00.000-07:002013-04-09T03:40:37.099-07:00A happily accidental reunionIsn't it funny how people grow up, change, lose contact with one another, and then - out of the blue - stumble across one another again.<br />
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When I was at school there was a girl who I never really got to know. I didn't particularly like her, but didn't particularly not like her. You know how it goes. I'm not sure if we ever spoke to each other in the eight years we shared a school building!<br />
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Now, another eight years have passed by and both of us have moved to different cities, both have gotten married, we haven't particularly maintained many mutual friends.<br />
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...And yet, thanks to the world of social media, we have found each other afresh and I'm so glad because she has set up a beautiful craft business.<br />
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As I've stumbled across her work and she's stumbled across mine, we've shared and supported one another's pieces.<br />
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It's brilliant when small craft businesses support and share each other's work over the interweb. After all, us little guys need to stick together!!<br />
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So I thought I'd share her with you... so... introducing... the lovely Bee and her deliciously, pretty business (<a href="http://handmadebybee.weebly.com/" target="_blank">go ahead click here and see</a>) Hand-Made By Bee.<br />
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Here are a few others headbands that were photographed in the <a href="http://doodlingwithwool.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/a-sunshiney-crochet-picnic.html" target="_blank">Park</a>.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-36661129903435844722013-03-17T18:58:00.001-07:002013-03-20T04:25:21.833-07:00Wool tidy<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're reading this blog post its well within the realms of possibility that you are also a wool addict. I'm just potty about crocheting and when people realise that they often donate generous scraps from their bygone knitting projects of yesteryear, to help me in my little crochet accessories business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To the well trained eye you may be underwhelmed by the </span>quantity<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of wool here but remember my projects are only a few centimetres big so this really is a </span>mammoth<span style="font-family: inherit;"> collection for me to crochet into little flowers and creatures so I really am grateful to be the proud owner of such a sumptuous feast of colour and texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So tonight I had a big sort out. With a spare shelf in our </span>Ikea<span style="font-family: inherit;"> storage cabinet and a few left over cocoa drums from my husbands </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">café,</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>I have restored some order for the time being. </span></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257482474607721559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370601134725506995.post-66996311047895283082013-03-16T11:51:00.002-07:002013-03-20T04:25:02.837-07:00Spring is in the (h) air<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #336666; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 30px;">I have been really busy today creating lots of pretty little hair-slides to sell at Oldfield Park Infant School's first ever Easter Craft Fair. </span><span style="color: #336666; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 30px;">The fair is taking place on the 13th April from 10am until 12 noon. </span></span><span style="color: #336666; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 30px;">To go to the school's website for directions to the school click </span><a href="http://www.oldfieldparkinfants.co.uk/contact.htm" style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 30px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><i>here</i></span></a><span style="color: #336666; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 30px;">.</span><br />
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The five rabbits alone took over an hour each to crochet, assemble and decorate, so I would sell this kind of specially commissioned mobile for £45. If you would like one - or if you'd like a smaller one for a smaller price - get in touch via the 'contact me' page of my website - <a href="http://theflowermill.weebly.com/contact-me.html" target="_blank">click here to go there now.</a><br />
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