Well I’ve only gone and opened a flippin’ shop! Katie Lou Makes Stuff is open for business! Okay, well it’s not quite a real shop, it’s an online Etsy shop, but a shop is a shop is a shop! I’m so excited! Loads of people were telling me to do it because I keep churning out loads of… Continue reading I’ve opened a shop!
I’ve had a busy few weeks since finishing Brian from the Crocheted Wild Animals book. I have plans to make a few more things from there, but have been working on a few other projects to have a little break. 30th April was National Yarn shop day in the UK, so I went to my favourite local… Continue reading A coffee and a catch-up
I had taken a bit of a break from amigurumi recently whilst I made a few blankets. My best pal requested a fox for her birthday and I remember seeing one in a book I borrowed from the library a few months ago. I went back and took it out again, it is Crocheted Wild Animals… Continue reading Crocheted Wild Animals – Vanessa Mooncie
A few weeks ago I took a trip to the Kraft Kabin in Pontypridd. They have a wondrous selection of yarn, I think I could live there forever and never get bored! Like most crafters, I bought things I didn’t need, didn’t have plans for and couldn’t really afford! I couldn’t help it when I… Continue reading The Skull Shawl
I seem to have a terrible habit of flying through projects without properly photographing my progress as I’m going along. I’d like to say it’s because I do a lot of crocheting in the evening and the lighting in my flat is awful, but the truth is I forget, which means I have a tough time… Continue reading A few quick makes
Like most crocheters, I have amassed quite a significant amount of yarn in varying colours and weights. Whilst this is a good thing in one respect, it is no good for my bank balance, or the already limited storage space I have in my house. I am far too easily swayed by pretty yarn colours… Continue reading Ramblings, bits and bobs
Technically, its not a couple, it’s 3 which I believe would be classed as ‘a few’, but that didn’t sound as good. Anyway, let’s not get into semantics…….. I really wanted to take a little break from the mermaid tail. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying it, but the repetitiveness was getting to me slightly… Continue reading A Couple of Cup Cosies
When I first started crocheting, I was introduced to Attic 24 a wonderful blog that is filled with beautifully colourful crochet projects and it inspired me to really keep trying. On looking through her completed projects I saw some beautiful wreaths and I really wanted to try and have a go at making one too. I purchased… Continue reading A Christmas Wreath
It’s done! The trickiest part of all was sewing all the pieces together. As you can see from the image, the arms and legs are not at all the same as each other! I found that working in the round with such a small amount of stitches (12 for the arms and 14 for the… Continue reading The finished article
I have been cross stitching and generally making stuff for the past 15 years or so. I wanted to have a place where I could have pictures of all my completed projects in one place. So here goes! I’ll continue to add to this as I find more projects and photograph them. Crochet:… Continue reading A showcase of sorts
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