A beautiful cushion to fill any room with happiness. Well here it is! My first blog post and free crochet pattern.  I’m usually not one for many words and when I do try to write, I feel that it either isn’t going to be good enough or I’m just rambling on. So keep this in … Continue reading The Sunshine Cushion

As promised here is the pattern for the Minecraft Blanket that I made my Mr A.  It’s an easy to pattern to follow as it’s just made up of placing the granny squares in the appropriate positions to get the picture you want to portray. And lucky for me, Minecraft is a pixel game made … Continue reading Crochet Minecraft Blanket

Here is my first mandala pattern. I think I have caught the bug making these beautiful designs. I already have another pattern in the works and hope to share that with you once it’s finished.   So here it is… Materials: Your choice of yarn Appropriate size hook for yarn Scissors Yarn needle Notes: This … Continue reading Wheel Of Hope Mandala

Hey there! ‘Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la laa la la la laa, okay I don’t want to get too carried away. So with that in mind, I came up with a snowflake pattern and here it is… Materials: Crochet yarn of your choosing Hook size to correspond with yarn Scissors … Continue reading Sunny Snowflake Pattern

As promised I’m trying to catch up with writing out my patterns in order to share them with you. Here is one I did today and I hope you like it, I really look forward to seeing the creations you come up with, all the different colour combinations, colours etc and what you actually make … Continue reading Kaleidoscope Granny Square

I have a plan, a dream, a desire.  Call it what you will but I want to see this through till the end… if there ever is an end. I want to design different granny squares and then make one awesome blanket (or more) from all of them. So in saying that, here is the … Continue reading Spinosa Square Pattern

Just Another Mandala has been updated and brought to life lol. Well I’ve given her a new lease on life with a prettier edging. For the new mandala I used DMC Natura Just Cotton in 5 colours (I will get back to you on their names lol) and a 3.75mm hook, its finished size is … Continue reading Just another Mandala Pattern

Good evening! As promised here is the pattern for my little lacey square. I’m only going to give instructions for the actual square and a border around it, joining it together is a little tricky for me to word so that will be another post (sorry, I’m not very good with describing how to do … Continue reading Little Lacey Square

NOTE: This post has now been updated with the complete pattern. During the week I was asked by my fiance (don’t know why I don’t like using that word, sounds odd and posh to me lol), if I could make him a Mexican Blanket… so I googled and fell in love!!! They are absolutely amazing … Continue reading The Loopy Stitch Mexican Inspired Crochet Blanket

‘Crochet Heart’, two words which I have searched many times over and over, never really falling for any designs 😉 get it? lol ok, enough lame jokes.  Last week I offered my services to Mr A’s teacher to make some hearts for Mother’s Day, and once again searched those two little words for inspiration or … Continue reading Easy Crochet Hearts

Hello fellow hookers! I’ve been meaning to post this pattern for a long time.  I had even taken a photo of the pattern I’d previously written, which I searched everywhere for to not avail… one of my pattern books is MIA lol. There are many variations for this easy pattern and every time I crochet … Continue reading Crown Pattern

Happy Friday! It’s a lovely day for crochet, well any day is ending in ‘y’ isn’t it 😆. I was going through my patterns and thought it best time I updated this one with some step-by-step photos and some new colours 🌈. I do have a thing for colour. So below, you will find  the updated version … Continue reading Crochet Dream Catcher

I almost always start off my posts by saying ‘as promised’. I went to do the same for this one. Then I thought I make a lot of promises and am slow on keeping them, but life is busy with 3 boys and a household to run and sometimes I don’t even get an unbroken … Continue reading A Bobble-0-fun Mandala

Meet Ada, a new granny square pattern, which I hope will become the first of many squares. She’s a simple, straight to the point, and a little bit fancy when she wants to be. A 5-round pattern, which can be made in up to 5 colours, or keep it basic with just one colour. I … Continue reading ‘Ada’ Granny Square Pattern

I just love this pattern and how amazing it looks in different colours.  A great quick and easy pattern that would make a stunning garland or Christmas tree decorations, even centrepieces on the dining table for Christmas lunch. Whatever you decide to make with it, I know you’ll love it as much as I do. … Continue reading Starflake

So I had an impulse idea on NYE before I hit the hay at about 9pm lol (pretty adventurous for me lately). To crochet a flower a day for the entire year. Yep that’s also adventurous lol.  It didn’t come to me to do a different flower each day till day two though lol. So … Continue reading 365 Days of Crochet Flowers

Good morning. Did you know that there’s a competition where you can win yarn, hook and crochet books 😮😮😮. I know it’s a pretty darn cool prize!! Allcrochetpatterns.net is hosting a granny square design contest! The rules are simple and if you’d like to enter, just click the link to find out more. Any sane (are … Continue reading Betty – Squared up

Good morning!! It’s my birthday today and to celebrate it, I’m giving something to you. A new free pattern. This pattern happens to go with my Lace & Bloom Square, where I originally thought that there would be all different sorts of squares, resembling some sort of garden. Fast forward to today and I’m releasing … Continue reading Lace & Bloom – A little freebie

It is such an honour to be a brand rep for Nurturing Fibres, beautiful hand-dyed yarns from South Africa.  Here is the free pattern for this cute little octagon.  Notes: * This pattern is written in US terms with UK within parenthesis (  )* Each round is started using a different colour and with a … Continue reading Nurturing Octagons