After a lot of searching on the internet looking for holly leaf patterns I couldn't find any that were easy enough/neat enough for my liking. So I did what I often do and had a go at designing ...

I have named this stitch "Raindrops" as I was told it looks like raindrops running down a window. Which I kind of think it does too. And as it happens, it was raining (a lot) during the grey February ...

I named this blanket Harmony because the colour palette is so beautifully balanced and easy on the eye. When I was choosing the colours, I wanted something soft but not pale, pretty but not too sweet.

These big, bold squares of mine have been giving me a huge amount of pleasure as I've worked with these glorious colours, oh the colours! I think I did good when I chose the word "Sunny" for this ...

The word Aria means “air” in Italian, and this beautiful collection of bright colours is inspired by the days of early summer when long, sun-filled days invite us to make the most of the outdoors. The ...

This project was designed in collaboration with Stylecraft Yarns and is my contribution to the "Blogstars Garden Party" blog tour 2022. You can read more about it on my blog where I share lots more ...

This lovely pattern creates a softly undulating wavy stripe using three basic crochet stitches. It's also a really neat way to play with colour, I find it amazing how the colours seem to roll into ...

This is a smaller, neater version of my original big floppy yarn bag, this time made with chunky yarn. You will need approximately 400g of chunky yarn to make this bag using a 5mm hook. sl st [slip ...

This is a very simple pattern for small, 3-round solid granny squares. These squares are perfect for stash busting all those oddments of DK yarn left over from other projects and take just minutes to ...

I've designed this Mandala Wheel as part of a big creative project that I am co-ordinating for Yarndale, the amazing yarn festival I help to organise. But this is a really easy, fun little creative ...

This is a pattern to make simple Granny Triangles which can be strung together to make a length of cheery bunting. Here I'm using my left over bits of Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic) on a 4mm ...

It's not easy coming up with a new granny square design as pretty much every variation probably already exists somewhere in the world. But it hasn't stopped me having a jolly good play around with my ...