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Two Contrasting Cowl Patterns
Crochet · Design

Two Contrasting Cowl Patterns

January 24, 2023 Steph TJLeave a comment

I’ve finally got around to writing up the patterns for two simple cowls I have made over the past month.

Two New Cowl Patterns
Crochet · Design

Two New Cowl Patterns

December 9, 2021December 16, 2021 Steph TJ4 Comments

One month ago I de-activated my Facebook account and lo-and-behold I suddenly had time to crochet and started completing projects too.

Three Months to 50!
Health and wellbeing · Lifestyle · Mindfulness · Reflection

Three Months to 50!

March 1, 2021 Steph TJLeave a comment

what people mean when they say that life slips by in the blink of an eye. On the whole, I am very happy with where I find myself on the approach to my 50th birthday.

One month of sustainable makes
Crochet · Sewing · Sustainable Crafting · sustainable living

One month of sustainable makes

February 2, 2020 Steph TJLeave a comment

At the beginning of January I took the decision to start to make a concerted effort to start using up my stash. My aim is to create one off pieces that showcase how recycled fabrics and clothes can be used to make new ones.

One Year of Sustainable Crafting
crafting · Crafts · Crochet · sustainable living

One Year of Sustainable Crafting

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 Steph TJ3 Comments

My aim for the year, is to showcase what can be created and made using sustainable materials. The ideal scenario will be to use what I already have to hand.

January 2019
Lifestyle · New Year

January 2019

January 3, 2019 Steph TJ2 Comments

January, time for New Year’s Resolutions, or not, as the case may be.  I’m not a fan, but I do like setting out a list of things to aim for during the year

Looking back on 2018
Albufeira · Lifestyle · Mindfulness · New Year · Reflection

Looking back on 2018

December 31, 2018 Steph TJ1 Comment

Last year I read an article in Moments magazine about keeping a memories jar. The idea is to write down one positive thing that happened each week and store them in a jar.

18 for 2018
Crafts · Lifestyle · Reflection

18 for 2018

December 19, 2018December 28, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

At the start of 2018 I planned 18 things that I was hoping to complete during the year.  Some habit driven, some one off events.

Happy progress
Crochet

Happy progress

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

I’ve been working on being more visible!  I find it very difficult to share pictures of myself enjoying my craft – but here I am at work in my craft room in Portugal.

The 100 Day Project
Crochet · Irish Lace Crochet · Knitting

The 100 Day Project

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 Steph TJ1 Comment

I’m not the fastest at crochet, or sewing, or knitting, at most things to be honest, but I am quite patient and quite thorough.  As a consequence it means I don’t churn out a vast number of projects in a short amount of time

Crafting in Portugal
Crafts · Crochet · Irish Lace Crochet · Portugal

Crafting in Portugal

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

The weather here as been fairly poor for our first week, lots of rain, lots of wind and so plenty of time to be spent indoors working on small projects – both crochet and sewing.

Crochet Shapes
Crochet

Crochet Shapes

March 8, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been making crochet shapes for submission to the International Diploma in Crochet

Finishing projects!
Crochet · Tunisian Crochet

Finishing projects!

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

This week I have actually made a point of finishing a number of projects that I had on the go.  Like many crafters I have several pieces I have started and never got around to finishing.

Challenge Completed
Crafts · Crochet · Sewing

Challenge Completed

December 9, 2017 Steph TJLeave a comment

This month I have been set a couple of challenges which I have been expected to complete.

Moving on
Crochet · Knitting

Moving on

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Steph TJLeave a comment

Sadly, my 100 Day Project came to an end. Despite my best efforts there was just no way I was going to get it off the ground.

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