I kid you not. I have just had a brilliant, inspired idea to start a blog. And I'm going to call it Craic 'n Crochet!! I have just been reading Blogtacular's article on starting a blog in five minutes http://blogtacular.com/start-blog-5-minutes/.
Blogger came up as the blogging platform I'd like to use so I googled it. And up came MY home page, with MY blog on it, called.... you guessed it.....Craic 'n Crochet!! Hahahaha!! Having just read my last post from May 14 I could really almost type the exact same thing again but change the dates! LOL
Maybe I'm not cut out for this blogging melarkey after all!
So, what have I been up to crochet wise since my last post.
Well, I'm still teaching the class which is still going well with a lot of people interested in learning so that's good and word is getting round about our wee class.
There is a girl from our home town who sadly lost her life in Afghanistan. She was a medic in the British Army. Her mother asked us to crochet poppy brooches to raise money for the British Legion. This was so rewarding to do, a lot of work, but so worth it. We made just under 200 brooches for her to sell and she told us she could have sold them three times over everyone loved them so much. :)
At Christmas I tried my hand at a bit of cross stitch and cross stitched a pattern onto a t-shirt for my brother. I'm not sure it would be one of my favourite crafts but I did enjoy it.
I crocheted a Road Trip Scarf for my sister in law. If you haven't heard of them you should look them up, they are super easy and look great. http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/road-trip-scarves-pattern.html
I'm going to be an Auntie with my neice being due in April so I'm busy crocheting some blankets for her. This one is my absolute favourite and I can't wait until I finish it to see how it turns out: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heaven-pattern-for-crocheted-baby-blanket
I crocheted a beautiful wee car seat blanket for a friend's baby shower. It is a bought pattern on Ravelry, but I had been admiring it for so long I thought I should just bite the bullet and buy it. It took me a wee bit to get my head round the pattern but once I got into it it was easy as pie. And so beautiful when it was finished. Here's the link to the pattern if anyone is interested: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lemon-twist-car-seat-baby-afghan
I am not even going to say that I'm going to try to keep this up to date because I'll probably forget all about it again. See you all in a year then! LOL
