Another beauty for you to work your magic on

Mine are on their way - not fully open yet but almost there!

Same here Spreckly, I squished a few but don't seem to have had any more but I am still waiting for the buds to open! Hope we don't have long to wait!

What a great idea! Mind you, I use potato bags so maybe not so great for those! Will pass this tip on to friends who plant in the ground! Thanks, fab tip!

Yes, adding stitches may be a step too far! Thanks again for taking the time to reply

Brilliant, thank you Helen! The yarn that was recommended for the pattern is Red Heart Soft Baby Steps but the 100% acrylic put me off. I suppose it would make it very washable though so maybe I should try it with that - assuming I can actually get to a level where I can try a blanket! Will also hav...

Great going Ilona!

Thanks for the advice June. Will keep you posted on my efforts!

June that looks fabulous! What a great idea - functional as well as looking good!

Hubby's brother and his partner are expecting their first baby late December. I have bought a wicker hamper style basket and am going to buy things bit by bit to fill it before baby comes. I have decided that I would really like to crochet a blanket, it will line the basket and also be something a l...

It's just a shame it is so expensive to do - I certainly won't be able to do many courses in a short time. Fingers crossed I get to have another go though! I need a lottery win to be able to set up even a small area at home, so many tools needed - would help if I did the lottery! Spreckly, I bet the...

A few weeks ago I did an all day silversmithing course. I fancied trying something a bit different and this intrigued me. Luckily there were only 2 of us so we got more or less 1:1 tuition which was much better than if there had been 8 of us! We were shown different techniques and bascially told tha...

Stayed the same this week...again!! Been naughty today - Hector went to the vets to be 'done' so we had a dog-free day which meant we could go out for lunch. Breakfast was a sausage buttie from a roadside van on the way to vote and lunch was a pizza in an Italian in town. No tea though as I was stil...

Me too, would be great to see!

We watched it and absolutely loved it! She certainly had some unusual ideas but what a great job they did of getting as much done as they did and what a sense of achievement they must feel! Fantastic programme!