Here's the pattern for the Peacocky Pouch for you. It's a cute gift or project pouch that can be adjusted to any size you'd like. It's made in Scheepjes Bamboo Soft, a bamboo and cotton blend yarn that creates a beautiful drape that's just perfect for a little (or not so little) pouch.You'll find the English pattern below and the Dutch pattern here but you can also purchase a beautifully...

Who loves to wrap up gifts? Using gorgeous paper, lots of ribbons, stickers, tags.... It's a craft project in itself, isn't it? But have you ever thought of crocheting a gift pouch? A cute little pouch for a lovely present. Or is the pouch the present ;) It doesn't matter; it's just a fun, quick and relaxing in between crochet project. Or not an in between one, if you want to make a larger pouch.I've...

Today I can show you a little bit of what I've been working on this past week. It's going to be a new free crochet design with a peacocky touch. The peacock feathers in the picture above may look familiar to you :) I designed these a few years ago and it was actually the first free crochet pattern I published on this blog. Many of you made them and wear them as earrings. Lovely! It's called the French...

Isn't this bowl of yarn delicious? A beautiful palette of rich colours for my next free crochet design. I'm not sure yet whether I'll be using all of these balls, but definitely the deep purple and the teal.The yarn is Scheepjes Bamboo Soft, a gorgeously soft bamboo and cotton blend that I'll be working with for the first time. The plan is to make a cute practical item that is also very decorative....

 Here's the pattern for the Verdancy Shawl for you. It's a rectangular shawl measuring approximately 48 x 190cm and is made with 1 Whirl (561 Sippy Sage) and 1 Whirlette (861 Avocado) yarn cake in beautiful green shades.You'll find the English pattern below, the Dutch pattern here and the German pattern here, but you can also purchase a beautifully laid out PDF pattern in one of my...

I'm very excited to present my fourth shawl design: the Verdancy Shawl. It's a rectangular shawl measuring approximately 48 x 190cm, a very generous size so that you can wrap it around your neck a few times or drape it over your shoulders and let it flow. I think it's lovely for spring with its beautiful green shades and leafy stitch pattern. But of course it'll look fab in different colours too....

My new shawl design is coming along nicely! Look how far I've already worked through the Whirl yarn cake. Always such a pleasure to work with this yarn as it works up so quickly and who doesn't like a quick result :) And the stitch pattern is so beautiful and relaxing. I think I'll have finished this shawl by the end of next week. After I've used up all the Whirl yarn, I'll start on the matching Whirlette...