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Challenge Completed
Crafts · Crochet · Sewing

Challenge Completed

December 9, 2017 poppytoftLeave a comment

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

For the love of crafting
Baking · Crochet · Knitting

For the love of crafting

October 8, 2017 poppytoft2 Comments

This week has been fairly quiet for me on the crafting front.  Partly because I’ve had a bad back, and partly because I focussed on baking rather than crochet.  It has, however, provided time for reflection.

September Review
Amigurumi · Crochet

September Review

October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 poppytoft2 Comments

Initially I had thought that September had been a quiet month on the crafting front, however, as I considered what I had achieved, I realised I have been much busier than I thought.

Crafting Times
Crafts · Crochet · Irish Lace Crochet · Sewing

Crafting Times

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 poppytoft3 Comments

Over the past few weeks I’ve been quietly crafting away.  Husband and I are in the process of trying to move.  It has been something of a tortuous process which started last October.  Suffice to say, we have been living with half built wardrobes and a fair percentage of my crafting paraphernalia has already been… Continue reading Crafting Times

Crochet · Mindfulness · Sewing

Finding my ‘WHY’

April 17, 2017 poppytoft5 Comments

It’s been a while since I posted. I sort of fell out of love with crochet and started to question its worth. I think I’d forgotten my ‘WHY’.

Classes · Crochet · Tunisian Crochet

Tunisian Crochet

February 12, 2017 poppytoft7 Comments

For the past couple of weeks I have been doing Tunisian crochet.  This has been due to the fact I taught my first crochet class this week.  It was the first of a series of six lessons based at The Home Crafters in Yate; introducing different techniques and the subject for the first class was Tunisian… Continue reading Tunisian Crochet

So my Nana’s Crochet
Crochet · Irish Lace Crochet · Portugal

So my Nana’s Crochet

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 poppytoft3 Comments

As you may have gathered I love crochet. I really can’t get enough of crochet. Yes, I appreciate it might make me old fashioned and some might consider it somewhat boring, but I absolutely love it. The textures of the yarn, the colours, the techniques, the beautiful fabrics that you can create and the uses… Continue reading So my Nana’s Crochet

Crochet

Hairpin Crochet Cosy Scarf

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 poppytoft2 Comments

This week I have completed this scarf. I absolutely love it.  It’s probably one of the prettiest things I have ever made.  I am increasingly in love with vintage patterns.  For some reason the patterns seemed simpler and the designs more elegant than you find today.  The principle of Hairpin Crochet is incredibly simple, as… Continue reading Hairpin Crochet Cosy Scarf

Christmas Countdown
Crafts · Crochet · Fitness · Running

Christmas Countdown

December 12, 2016 poppytoft1 Comment

Normally at this time of year I am getting a little over-excited.

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