Author: hookstitchsew

  • Crochet Lego Brick Patchwork Blanket – Part 2

    Crochet Lego Brick Patchwork Blanket – Part 2

    It’s been slow (very slow) and steady progress but brick by brick I have been putting together my second Lego blanket and it’s finally finished!  This Lego blanket is the second of four small blankets I am making as gifts for Christmas for some boys who love Lego (who can blame them!!) I’m glad I…

  • Sewing Tutorial: Quilted Tablet/Ipad Case Great Scrap Buster Project

    Sewing Tutorial: Quilted Tablet/Ipad Case Great Scrap Buster Project

    I have been trying to use up some of my fabric scraps recently and while looking through my pile of scraps I stumbled upon some spare anchor themed fabric by The Cotton Craft Company, I have been wanting to make a quilted iPad/tablet case for a while and decided to use this fabric to make…

  • Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 3 – Roses  

    Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 3 – Roses  

    Looking out into my garden a few weeks ago I noticed with excitement that the leaves were starting to grow on my roses and it wont be too long before they start to flower. I have been waiting for this all winter! I love their flowers, they are just such lovely colours and the flowers…

  • Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 2 – Daisies

    Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 2 – Daisies

    It doesn’t matter if you forget to water these flowers, crochet flower making part 2: daisies I have found memories of making daisy chains when I was younger, and whenever I see them outside it still makes me smile. I couldn’t quite decide on what type of crochet daisy to do so tried out a…

  • Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 1 Daffodils

    Crochet Flowers Pattern: Part 1 Daffodils

    As I am letting my poor fingers have a rest from sewing for a few days while they recover from a mammoth patchworking mission I embarked on last week, I have decided to do some crocheting. I have been wanting to make some crochet flowers for a while now so have decided now is the…

  • Monsters Inc. Mike Wazowski Crochet Pattern

    Monsters Inc. Mike Wazowski Crochet Pattern

    All was going nicely with my bobble jumper from issue 22 from Simply Crochet I mentioned in an earlier post, until I went for another ball of wool and to my horror there were no more left! I was sure I had bought the amount specified in the pattern so was a bit baffled as…