beanie - creative little me

Romanesco broccoli

I just thought this looked so beautiful in my mum's garden romanesco broccoli Sebastian talked her into planting it- it appeals to him mathematically I think. Looking forward to sharing some of it soon- I hope some of the other plants produce just as well in their own time.

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Elsa beanies...

so I bumped into a friend the other day and we got talking, and I showed her my Etsy shop, and before you can say "pompom!" she had ordered a beanie for her little girl. (Did I mention that I sold my single bed daisy rug on Etsy recently? Chaching!

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the pom poms! they arrived!

And the good news is: they have little elastic loops so you can easily sew them onto things! Like beanies, for instance. I know these two colours should never be seen together, but here they are anyway. This was the first (pink) cabled beanie I did, and there is a

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cabled beanies

Did I mention I’ve been making cabled beanies? Well, I’m really enjoying the challenge, which is not really a challenge anymore, just pure enjoyment. I can’t show you a photo yet because I’ve ordered faux racoon fur pompoms to go on the top to give them

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what shall I say?

Good thing beanies are quick and easy to crochet! There was this ribbed one, and then another one similar to the other one I made recently, but in different colours. This one is slightly better because I perfected the stripes without the jolt at the seam from crocheting in the

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another hat

every girl needs one in pink

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working on hats lately

here’s the hats I’ve been working on… so the annoying thing about this hat is there wasn’t a pattern, but luckily there were 4 good close up pictures here, so I was able to work something similar. But this pattern was lovely and I learnt a new