I am so excited to announce that the Christmas items are now up in my Etsy store! At present there is only one style up in the shop but there is another on the way. It’s handmade, a patchwork, quilted, and not to mention gorgeous! The price includes delivery and is a great price for a handmade Christmas piece. It measures around 2m x 30cm and is an ideal size for the average dining table.
I know it’s been a very long time since I’ve updated my blog and it does feel good to get back to it! I’m pleased to be able to give you the link above to my Halloween crocheted wreath video. It isn’t a long video nor is it a tutorial, it’s simply an update to show you all what I’m getting up to in the crochet aspect of my life, and just to get everybody excited about our nearest themed calendar date!
I love the idea of wreaths and they are a lovely handmade touch for anybody who loves Halloween, or who’s having their own Halloween party. I am already excited about making Christmas wreaths as they’re so lovely and the entire concept of December entirely is something close to my heart.
This wreath will be in my Etsy shop as soon as it’s finished and I will link the actual item eventually below, but for now I will still post the link for my Etsy shop below so you have the option to follow my shop and keep up with my items so that when it is up, you can view it. Unfortunately I’ve left it too late to take any real orders, although if they come in early enough I may be able to get it done. However, in the current situation, I intend to put this one wreath up and hope to have the delivery as next day to ensure it arrives in time. It is a lovely item and is one that can be used over and over again.
I would also really appreciate any interest that can be generated around my YouTube channel and a like on the video, and to subcribe would really help me out. Any constructive feedback or comments are also welcomed!
I am so very very proud and excited to reveal my first proper YouTube video!!
For this video, I’m simply discussing what my latest project/theme is, how I set up my ‘desk’ before I begin, and just generally the decisions and changes I make as I’m going along. There’s also a few bits of me crocheting, some parts at my own pace, others are slower so that you can see what I’m doing.
Tutorials are something that I’ve considered for stitches, but have not yet pursued, so if you would be interested in seeing those then please let me know!
It was just a try out of YouTube and the videos really, making it was incredibly time consuming but so worth it when it was done!
Please do take a look, and like, and share: https://youtu.be/voy8ffJAWqE
As usual, I’d like to give you a little background on this item… My auntie got in touch with and explained to me that a lady that she worked with had recently had a baby, and wondered whether it would be possible for me to create a small (in her words, ‘two DVD cases sized’) comfort blanket with her name on. I immediately agreed as I have made comfort blankets previously, and adored making it.
However, she had forgotten the name of the baby, and needed to contact the new mum to double check on it’s spelling. In the meantime I wanted to practise styles and getting the name stitched in correctly. Then came the idea to simply make a trial comfort blanket, and give it as a gift to a friend of mine who had recently had a baby called Freddie. Hence, the lovely comfort blanket at the very top was created, and I absolutely adore it.
For all other items including the comfort blanket above, or to share it with others you know may be interested, please click here to see it in my Etsy Shop.
I will also be publishing another post in the coming week to show the second comfort blanket being made for my Auntie in a pink colour also!
I’m really excited to finally be able to share this with you all, my latest project and order! As soon as I received a message on my Facebook page, I was slightly apprehensive as bobble hats, and indeed hats all together is something that I’ve never done before.
As I’m sure you know by now I love to have a story behind all of my orders, and I got just that with this order. The lady who contacted me had not long had a baby boy, and was looking for some hats to be made, Freddie was born prematurely and she really struggled when he was born to find wool items for him. Luckily, her Grandma was able to knit her a few for Freddie, as with everything however he had started to grow out of them and didn’t have any to wear, her Grandma was struggling with her arthritis and so she set out looking for somebody who could make her some. At this point she found me and put the request to me.
I was upfront with the lady and told her that it wasn’t something I had done before, so I’d like to practise before I committed to being able to sell her the product. She initially had wanted cute outfits making such as the turtle ones that lay on the baby’s backs more for photo shoots than anything else, and at this point I explained to her that they aren’t something I’m that interested in investing my time in, as I feel they can be very temporary and not much use practically. She therefore chose to stay with the hats, and I spent the next few free hours I had pouring over all kinds of patterns. A lot of my struggle lay within trying to search through the website or contact the creator of the patterns to ensure I would have permission to sell items that I had made from the pattern providing that I clearly stated my use of it and provided a link to their site. Eventually I managed to find one, and after what felt like a million and one practise attempts to ensure it was just as I’d like it, and the right size, I got back in touch with my customer.
We discussed colours, and styles, and eventually got to a point where we thought this hat was the best design and style:
Please note that this image does not belong to me, and is not mine. For the original owner and pattern please see here
I also let her know that I could also personalise the hats and that it would be included in the price, and she expressed her desire to have this on one of the hats.
I adored the colour combinations she chose and we also discussed specific sized to ensure that they would fit or if Freddie could grow into them. The age brackets for the sizes as stated in the pattern above was also helpful, and would mean that Freddie’s hats should grow along with him right up to him being 3 months old.
This time in terms of delivery I chose Royal Mail, and a part of me really wish I hadn’t have. It cost me a substantial amount more to use them than if I had stuck with the original Hermes service I have used, however in this instance the saying ‘it’s swings and roundabouts’ is ideal in that I wanted to get the item posted as soon as possible, and due to my busy schedule the nearest place for me only had the Royal Mail service available. A positive that I can take from my use of Royal Mail however is that it arrived well and quickly for my customer, and that is my primary focus.
As with my last post, I will be adding a second part to this post as soon as I have received official feedback via my Facebook and/or Etsy shop.
Please note these hats are available in a variety of sizes right up to men’s and women’s sizes, so if you are interested in having a look at my items or this one in particular, for yourself or for somebody you know who may be interested please click here 🙂
I’m excited to bring to you my latest lisitng on my Etsy shop-slightly more weather appropriate (for now!).
Handmade (of course) patchwork quilted picnic blanket!
Every now and again it’s nice to be taken away from crochet to a different place, and it just so happens that that different place is also a crafty place. I adored making this blanket and I’d absolutely love to see how somebody else would use it when they have bought it.
If you’re interested please feel free to take a look on my Etsy Shop, and follow for more treats!
I am so glad to be able to bring to you a link to my Etsy Team that I have set up today. I’m extremely excited about how it could develop and I’m excited to share it with you all.
As I discuss in my first thread/discussion, I would love this to be a team where everybody is free to discuss what they like and more importantly to be comfortable in being a part of the team. To save repeating myself, I’m going to paste my first thread below to give you a taste of what my team is about:
I would like to welcome anybody who joins this team from this point onwards, and invite you to have your input in any way you like. I know for me it can be very daunting when I see any other team or forum where I don’t really know what to do or what to say. Here, it is my main aim for you to be able to discuss what you like.
Maybe you just want your shop to be seen and noticed, want some tips, or just a place to discuss what you enjoy doing and what ideas you’d like to try next. However, my only request is that you do not spam links to your shop or your products, this is not a place to clog up all helpful discussions with constant links.
It would also be nice for everybody who joins this team to introduce themselves with their name, age, where they’re from, and a link to their shop 🙂
Happy discussing!
The only real requirement I have for your request to join the team to be accepted is that you’re aged between 16-25. I understand and well know myself that some of the older generation have been crocheting since before I was born, however I from personal experience know how difficult it is trying to find people of the same age as me doing what I do. And this is just a place to try to discuss ideas and potentially create modernised ideas best that will sell to those in our generation. For me as of yet the only thing I have seen online even remotely appealing to my generation is the new mermaid blanket trend, and fortunately I can try to generate some sales on this idea.
Long story short this is just a little debut online for my Etsy Team (Young People Who Crochet) and I welcome you to join 😊
10% off for today only on Seaside Stripes blanket! Down from £45 to £40.50 including delivery! All you have to do is enter the coupon code: SEASIDE10OFF at the checkout 😊 Click here for the link to this item in my shop 😊💕
This adorable colour combination is now available to choose for any of my custom blankets or bed runners in any style! I would recommend a popcorn/bobble stitch (a picture will be along soon as my own sample). However you’re welcome to pick any style from the pictures on the listing in my Etsy Shop!
She’s finally up for sale! The seaside stripes blanket is now availble to buy on my etsy store (click the link below!) for £45. As it states on the description of the item, the blanket is brand new, and the cover picture was simply posed to show how big the blanket is visually, and has not actually been used.
I’m really excited to now be able to have it up in my shop as it was an absolute joy to make, it took a lot of time and care but ended up being worth every minute! I just hope it can go to an equally loving home…
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/451661840/seaside-stripes-crocheted-blanket
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