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Book review - Creative Crochet Projects

Book review: Creative Crochet Projects – 12 playful projects for beginners and beyond by Stephanie Pokorny.

Creative Crochet Projects is a fast, fun book of delightful patterns which are accessible to beginning crocheters (and a treat for more advanced hookers).
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Say hello to Hermes

I was happy to be a beta knitter for the new Woolly Wormhead Hat collection. The Perceptions Hats are all stranded colourwork (hello, my fave),…
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Wearing a facemask

Sew a simple face mask (comfy enough to wear every day!)

In the last six months, I've sewed a whole bunch of face masks. Most face masks fit well, but none were perfect. We picked up…
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Vegan chocolate cake recipe

Best-ever vegan chocolate cake with vegan chocolate ganache & edible flowers

A cake recipe so delicious, no one will ever suspect its vegan.
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Making face masks to send to friends

Making face masks: things have changed

Like a lot of us, I'm making face masks. Here's the free pattern I used (and how they look on).
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Wearing a homemade face mask

Homemade face masks for that quarantine chic

Let's start at the beginning, yes? Homemade face masks may not be effective at blocking The Virus. There's some evidence they might be worse than…
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Inside voices: crafting through the coronavirus

There a joke going around: knitters shouldn’t be afraid of quarantine. We’ve been training for this. My big goal for this year was better work…
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swatching for a knit gansey

Let’s knit a gansey

Gansey, guernsey, jersey. What on earth am I talking about? A sweater, of course. You know the sort I'm talking about. A deliciously cabled, blue…
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