Ooooh, Sophie’s Autumn Dream makes my insides go all fuzzy.  The original (Summer) version was bright and bold – fierce and ‘focus on me’.  Sophie’s Winter Dream was elegant and calming – a ballerina with perfect posture.  Sophie’s Spring Dream is full of joy – skipping and twirling and giggling.  This Autumn version… it feels […]

Jenny and I are delighted to share her Spring version of Sophie’s Dream.  I love how the orange she used for the border and joining brings all the colours together.  And I super love the yellow popcorns! Sophie’s Spring Dream is a beautiful marriage of pastels and brights,  making it perfect for those of you […]

These segment balls are perfect for little hands.  They come apart into three segments that have to be ‘built’ to form the fruit.  I’ve made a lime and a grapefruit (slightly larger), but you can easily use this pattern to make apples and pumpkins as well.  Think embroidered seeds! If you feel like having a […]

I am pleased to introduce the New Beginnings Clutch.  It’s a simple tapestry crochet bag that looks as good in ten colours as it does in three.  And it ties in beautifully with the fact that 2021 starts the LAWIM family on a brand new adventure.  It also celebrates the VERY detailed tutorial I recently […]

This bag is a nod to our camping trip in Cornwall a few months ago, and specifically the Mighty Fine Day we spent at Tintagel (King Arthur!!!) with our closest friends (more like family, really) and their boys. The colours are also reminiscent of my daily commute during Covid – the pigeons that took over the platform […]

Welcome to Part 2 of the Mighty Fine Day Bag pattern. You can find Part 1 (and all the information) HERE. Strap Row 1:  With RS facing, join Yarn B by making a standing sc in the marked st from Round 43.  Sc in the next 7 sts.  TURN.  {8 sc} Row 2:  With WS […]

In this post, you will find the instructions for turning your Fancy Nancy Mandala into a square using a modified version of Part 4 of Sophie’s Universe.  Isn’t that exciting?? I designed the Fancy Nancy mandala in honour of my friend Nancy, who has since published her first book, The Toadstool That Wanted to Stay.  […]

I love Love LOVE making mandalas.  They are just so calming and mindful.  Having said that, I love squaring them up even more.  It is my fervent hope that we will eventually have a collective library of ‘squaring up’ patterns that can be applied to mandalas of any size.  So, today, I am going to […]

I designed this Kay Square for one of my yarn retreats in 2018.  It is named after my friend and tester Kay Crone, and is sister to the Emma Square. It is a fairly quick crochet square, and adding an extra round of dc will make it equivalent in final-round stitch count to most standard […]

A month or so ago, I was playing around with stitches… specifically with Crab Stitches.  I LOOOOVE Crab Stitches. I hit upon this Crab Stitch Linen Stitch or Reverse Single Crochet Linen Stitch, and I fell head over heels in love with it!  It has got the prettiest woven look and creates a lovely dense […]