Dad was in the market for a new hat and, rather sweetly, one specifically made by me with my little tag on it. I couldn't say no, nor deny that it made me pretty happy when he asked for it. Specifications were: green, not itchy and no bobble. With that simple brief, I got to work. This hat started off with a basic 2x2 ribbing for the rim. Given the weight of the yarn this was a sizeable number of stitches. Based on my own noggin as a template I ended up with 168 stitches in t

My office had its annual knitting club start up again at the beginning of Autumn and this year the group were aiming to make beanie hats for our charity partner St. Mungo's. Eager to get stuck in and excited to see the selection of yarn the company donated for the project we dove for the yarn box. Filled with a lovely selection of thick worsted weight yarn in pleasingly neutral shades of brown, grey, black and a sparkle of colour from a nice blue. Not wanting to use up the co

Keeping things cosy and woolly Winter is finally here and its time to focus on some hobby projects! I've got a fair few on the go at the moment and been splitting my time across them. From a couple of crochet lovelies for a friend's first born to a hat for my dad. Since I've not posted in a while I wanted to give a little run down of each of these as a teaser for when they are completed. A Hat of Green A rather simple affair but it's coming along quite nicely. This green bea

Concise pattern: First row chain 2 1: 6dc in first chain (6) 2: 2dc in each stitch (12) 3: (1dc increase) six times (18) 4: dc all around...

Confuzzled 2025's theme was fashion giving a perfect excuse to make some bobble hats for the charity auction. Not just any bobble hats...

Beanie hat and handwarmers in blue and white yarn I had tried knitting a few years ago when I first picked up crochet and never fell in...

With its theme of an Ocean Odyssey I wanted to make something seaworthy for Confuzzled's charity auction in 2024. Given it was for a...

Christmas 2020 was never going to be quite how we wished it would be. Plan after plan to see my family fell through for us, as we...