Chez Spud

MrSpud casually reminded me last night that, 2 years ago, he told me I was hard to buy presents for because I didn’t have any hobbies (um, what? doesn’t diamond collecting count? OK….). Oh how times change! Since October 2008, a smidge under 2 years ago, I have taken up photography, started blogging, learnt to [...]

I’m on a self-imposed Crochet Break. It’s breaking my heart because I love it so much, but crochet is breaking me and that’s can’t be good. My wrist is painful, tingling and numbness in my fingers, up my arm and in to my elbow and should. Carpel Tunnel nastiness I suppose. Weep. That’s not at [...]

Admit it, the title really drew you in didn’t it? Yes, this is a Really Boring Post About Yarn. I’m going with ‘yarn’ not ‘wool’ since ‘wool’, the generic British term for stuff that is used for knitting/crocheting caused confusion on a previous post. In the US it is called yarn, which is all things [...]

I’m definitely obsessed. I spend far too much time thinking about crochet, thinking about wool, reading about crochet and actually doing crochet. It’s one big crochet fest round here, little piles of wool all over the place and half finished projects strewn about the place. I’ve surprised myself by being a ‘flitter’…I enjoy crochet most [...]

It’s been a funny old week what with one thing or another. Mostly dominated by a client photoshoot and frenetic pre-holiday preparation.  I’m not sure why packing for trips is such a Whole Big Thing for me, but it is. I’d like to blame it on having to pack for an entire family but, if [...]

Ssssssshhhhh….somebody, somewhere is getting this gift from me sometime soon….I can’t say who, or what it is….because I’m mysterious like that. Or, more to the point, the recipient might be reading and then it would be no surprise at all would it? This is my offering for the Art Exchange project I blogged about a [...]

The Afghan is slowly taking shape. I’ve been making it for a month now and I’m pleasantly surprised how fast it’s coming along. Today we put all the squares on the floor to see how near/far it is from being ‘enough’. The tally is 55 squares done, 25 to go. I’ve set myself a target [...]

Can’t…stop…making…stuff… Crappy iphone shot. Arms are both broken after shooting the valentine’s garland. Occupational hazard I guess… This is mostly Julochka‘s fault. She’s either my ‘enabler’ or my ‘craft stash pusher’ (her term), depending on how gracious I’m feeling. Last night she was tempting me with a Gocco printer, but I fear my craft budget [...]

Hurrah hurrah and thrice hurrah! Thanks to the patience of Kristina, a few million views of truly excellent videos from Meet Me At Mike’s and a healthy slug of awe/inspiration/jealousy from Lucy at Attic24 ….I can finally crochet a granny square! I can’t begin to express how proud of myself I am for doing this. [...]