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Starstruck!

March 13, 2016 Penni6 Comments

As you may have gathered by now, I am a huge fan of Lucy at Attic24. Yesterday, I uploaded a pic of my current WIP blanket to Instagram. This is a combination of Lucy’s Sunny colours and Raindrops stitch which I have changed to treble crochet (UK terms) rather than half treble crochet. OMG – Lucy… Continue reading Starstruck!

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Commuter crochet…..

February 21, 2016 Penni6 Comments

I love hooking blankets through the chilly months and sometimes find myself snoozing under a snuggly WIP 🙂  Mr B and Miss M also enjoy evaluating the coziness of my projects. However Miss M does get a little impatient with my progress at times….. Having completed the Cottage Ripple blanket, the not so successful second… Continue reading Commuter crochet…..

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Technically challenged…..

February 14, 2016February 14, 2016 Penni2 Comments

What a week!  I was experiencing some weird issues with my blog.  Long story short, I ended up with two versions of my blog on two separate servers. What. A. Nightmare.  It was all finally resolved today after hours of online chats with various support departments.  I had no idea what I was doing and… Continue reading Technically challenged…..

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Blanket love…..

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 Penni3 Comments

After being so happy with the success of my first ripple blanket, I was hooked (!) and couldn’t wait to get started on the next one….. I made another Cottage Ripple blanket with some extra colours added as I wanted extra length so it would go across my bed.  Once finished, I didn’t like it! The… Continue reading Blanket love…..

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Up and running

January 31, 2016February 3, 2016 Penni6 Comments

After having issues with my domain name, learning all about DNS settings, spending way too many hours tweaking the layout and playing with widgets I think I am at last happy with the overall look of my blog.  Please do let me know if you spot any errors or find anything which isn’t working as… Continue reading Up and running

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My first crochet blog!

January 30, 2016February 5, 2016 Penni2 Comments

So, I have decided to share my love of crochet with the world ! My late Granny Elsie taught me how to crochet when I was little and I took it up again in December 2014. After making a small granny square blanket which was promptly acquisitioned by Mr B and Miss M I took… Continue reading My first crochet blog!

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About me

Hello and thank you for visiting.

My name is Penni and I am here to share my love of crochet.

My late Granny Elsie May taught me to crochet when I was little.

I live in Surrey in the UK with my two cats Mr Buttons and Miss Maisy who I adopted from Furballs Rescue.

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