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From Movie Star Planet Back Down to Earth
Help! I think my daughter has been abducted by aliens! What 21st century parent isn’t wearily familiar with the addictive nature of online games for children? Having finally come to terms with a family members minecraft addiction, another seems to…
Choosing Colours for the Trellis Poncho CAL: 4 Things You Can Do To Make the Right Decision.
If you'd like to join me for The Real Life or the Online Trellis Poncho CAL this Autumn your first challenge is deciding on colours! We've all been there at the beginning of a new project. You're so excited as…
A Crochet Poncho, UFO’s and the Zeigarnik Effect
I have this thing about endings. I just can't bear messy endings and unresolved issues. UFO's, or Unfinished Objects, haunt me with their incomplete and unformed shapes, and loose ends have to be tied or I think about them incessantly.…
Folklore Shawl Crochet-Along
"Creativity is contagious, pass it on." Albert Einstein Earlier this year I was delighted to run another 'real life' crochet-along at Norfolk Yarn in the Lanes, Norwich. Over the course of 3 months we met up to…
The Real Life Daisy Wrap Crochet-Along
On line CALs (that's crochet-alongs FYO) are a fabulous way to create something beautiful and feel part of a community. We live in amazing times where we can work on a project and share our progress with people on the…
Crochet Shawls: Connected with Hugs and CALs
For several weeks now I’ve been thinking rather a lot about shawls; their history, their function and their design potential I’ve written before about The Norwich Shawl and it’s glorious history. Queen Victoria commissioned two Norwich shawls after admiring them at…