Little Firecrackers of Ideas...

I have been getting inspiration from all sorts of places recently. From the sumptuous Autumn colours of our rural market town, the smell of dry leaves and wood smoke, the vintage paisley eiderdown I found at the back of a dusty cupboard at the theatre and want to steal! For more practical autumnal inspiration check out these sensational blogs: 

Oh Happy Day
for paper based craft and mind-blowing stylish party ideas (Halloween glitter ball anyone?!) 

Gleeful Things
for wondrous crochet patterns

Dottie Angel
for interiors ideas, lovely makes and ridiculously cute dogs! 

The Crafty Minx
vintage and textiles from down under.

If zombies were supermodels
Inspiring lookbooks, images and ideas. Also a bit mad. Like us.

Holey Moley! Crochet is Cool!

Check out the stunning, good enough to EAT crochet confections from Henry Holland's a/w11 collection. It's time to dust off those crochet hooks and get looping! To get back into the crochet groove I'm starting with simple shapes following a pattern from Mollie Makes issue 2 (www.molliemakes.com) and joining them to make the ultimate autumn scarf. It's so easy and dainty (unlike knitting, I can't knit because when I try to I normally elbow someone in the face...) you can pack up you hook and yarn and crack on with it anywhere, my normal choice for al fresco crochet is the park or the underground. Find some great free patterns and advice here: www.crochetme.com

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