Crochet socks – a sort of challenge!

Last June when I posted about my latest knitted socks an interchange with Sharon of Creativity and Family about her desire to knit some socks and the fact that I had never crochetted any led to her saying “If you crochet some I’ll give knitting socks a go !! 😉 “ We were relaxed about… Read More Crochet socks – a sort of challenge!

4 February 2016 Rainbow Junkie11 Comments

A New Challenge!

We (as listed below) are proud, happy and excited to present our spanking new weekly Photo Challenge all ready for 2016 Here are all our photo prompts. Set out for you to join in as and when you are able. Four, fab, photo fiends have joined together to create this 52 week photo challenge Let… Read More A New Challenge!

29 December 2015 Rainbow Junkie8 Comments

Cafetière Cosy

Here it is as promised. My earlier cafetière cosies were made very quickly just to try out basic ripple, granny stripe and adding beads. This time I took more time and more care with the making. I decided to use buttons to join at the back as I thought that would be neater. Here are… Read More Cafetière Cosy

11 February 20133 September 2014 Rainbow Junkie13 Comments

Crochet Christmas cards

These are really easy to make. First you make the stars. I always think six-pointed stars for Christmas cards as a reference to the six-pointed ‘Star of David’ as Jesus was a Jew and was born in the ‘City of David’. (Pattern at the end in UK and US versions.) I used Twilley’s Goldfingering in… Read More Crochet Christmas cards

22 October 201214 August 2014 Rainbow Junkie13 Comments

Monthly Challenge – Peg Bag

The pattern and a chart for the hexagons used in this project are now available HERE I decided to make this as the Monthly Challenge as I thought that was probably the only way I would get it done as I have been planning it for a few months now and am getting fed up… Read More Monthly Challenge – Peg Bag

22 September 201212 November 2012 Rainbow Junkie15 Comments

Obsession

Ever since I made these for my Giveaway I have been obsessed with making more snowflakes and this time instead of Really Easy snowflakes I offer you some Easy Real snowflakes or at least as close to the real things as I can get. I think maybe I must be a bit crazy, not only… Read More Obsession

13 August 20129 June 2017 Rainbow Junkie18 Comments

Hat and Scarf revealed

I have now finished my hat and scarf for the “Made It” Challenge and here I am wearing them. If you’ve been here before this is the corrected picture my son did for me. The colour is really more blue but it ‘s the best we can do. Here is another picture of the Hat… Read More Hat and Scarf revealed

11 July 201225 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments

Rising to the Challenge

I decided that I would take up Maryanne of WoolHogs’ suggestion that I should make something for the “Made It” monthly challenge with the yarn and knitting needles my daughter bought me for my birthday; the only question was what? I couldn’t find any patterns I liked on the internet but I decided it was… Read More Rising to the Challenge

8 July 201225 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie2 Comments

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