You CAN felt not-100%-animal fibres

Right, I had to write this post because this is one of those things I've been wondering about for a while. Can you felt non-animal fibres? It was one of those things that my head told me must be possible... but Google told me it wasn't. Well, I thought it was about time this conventional…

Free Summer Crochet Patterns to get the Season Started Right! Part 4: Summer Dresses

For the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing collections of free summer crochet patterns to help you prepare for the beginning of summer. This week the collection is for crochet summer dresses. I've been including tips in each post in this series to help you find the right yarn for your project. This one, however, is pretty…

Sunflower Baby Blanket

The Sunflower Baby Blanket is the second in a series of blankets I will create, one for each season. Yup, you guessed it, this one is for summer 🙂 I designed this particular blanket for one of my (9!) nephews. Henry is just one year old and has a sunny personality and dimples that would…

Pilot Sam’s Friends – Crochet Pattern

One of my nephews’ birthday is coming up and I thought I would make him something special to celebrate it. Ben’s turning 3, and he loves aeroplanes and helicopters. But, his Dad is a pilot for Swiss, so I thought I would make him his very own Swiss plane, complete with a removable pilot to […]

Free Summer Crochet Patterns to get the Season Started Right! Part 3: Beach Cover-Ups

For the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing collections of free summer crochet patterns to help you prepare for the beginning of summer. This week the collection is for crochet beach cover-ups. I've been including tips in each post in this series to help you find the right yarn for your project. This one, however, is…

Free Summer Crochet Patterns to get the Season Started Right! Part 2: Beach Bags

For the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing collections of free summer crochet patterns to help you prepare for the beginning of summer. This week the collection is for crochet beach bags. Crochet lends itself really well to beach bags because it creates a light, durable and flexible bag (it's amazing how much stuff you can…

Pattern Testers Wanted: Spring Fields Baby Blanket

Hi all! After quite a bit of tweaking, the Spring Fields Baby Blanket is finally ready to be tested! So, here is my question to you: who wants to test it for me? I already have a few testers ready to go from Instagram, but I would love to have a few more 🙂 The…

Free Summer Crochet Patterns to get the Season Started Right! Part 1: Bikini Tops

For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing collections of free summer crochet patterns to help you prepare for the beginning of summer. I LOVE summer. It's my favourite season, and I'm always so excited to go for my first swim in the lake or sea. For me THAT's the beginning of summer. This week…

2017 Liebster Award Nomination

Wow, isn't it lovely when you get a compliment you weren't expecting? Creating Time has been nominated for a Liebster Award by Sandie and Kim at Oh Yes, They Did. Thank you! If you don't already follow their blog, you should really check it out. It is chock-full of great crafting ideas and recipes. Now for 10…

Spring Fields Baby Blanket

I've been waiting a long time to do this post because I made this blanket as a gift for a good friend of mine who is expecting her first little girl very soon. I wanted to make sure she was the first to see the blanket in its entirety, because I thought posting it before…