Seaside Tote.....

this is my version of

the Seaside Tote

designed by Stephanie Gage
It is a brilliant little tote/bag to hook, I made this one for my mother-in-law :)

I held two yarns together to make the fabric - Patons Smoothie DK & Sullivans Crochet & Knitting Cotton and used 5mm hook, which made a great fabric for the bag.

I made a couple of small additions - the flap, I made the handles a little longer, I lined the bag and added a magnetic catch to the flap. Details of these are on my ravelry page :)

You can find the pattern on

Ravelry & on Stephanie's blog

Have a wonderful day!

~ Gillian ♥

Shawl no.4......

This is another shawl I have just finished for my mum

This was the a lovely shawl to crochet

I love how the pattern changed throughout

the main body of the shawl keeping it interesting and fun.

Yarn used was - 5 x 100gm Lincraft Surprise Yarn in Sunset

Called the Juliette Shawl it was designed by Dora Ohrenstein

the pattern can be found in the book below

I really love that green scarf/stole on the front cover as well...

might have to put it on the 'to-do' list ;)

so it is needless to say not much else has been crocheted, including my block of the week project....which I think I'll need to change the name of soon to block of the month or even bi-monthly block - oh well, I'm having fun with my hook and that's the main thing isn't it ;)

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Have a lovely week

~ Gillian ♥

Shawl no.3......

I ♥ Crochet ShawlsI made this sweet one for my little miss 10
Being a shorter shawl it is quite versatile and she loves experimenting with ways to wear it, I must admit I enjoyed doing the same when I was photographing it :)
For the body of the shawl I used a pattern I found on Ravelry by Sharon Maher

The shawl is called 'It's just a triangle' and is a fantastic shawl for a beginner.

You can find the pattern on

Ravelry and on Laughing Purple Goldfish

Sharon has provided an Excellent tutorial :)
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For the edging I wanted something very feminine and pretty

and I was recently given some of

my Nannas & Andrew's Grandmas crochet books - what a joy!

Most of them are lovely old Australian and English patterns.

I found the pattern for the edging in a very old Myart book

Crochet Edges by Myart 7th Edition Book No.2

(If you click on the pattern it will make it larger)

I love that it looks quite complex but is actually quite much simpler than it looks.

I found the pattern terms are in UK/Australian terms and they are slightly different to what I am used to...But easy enough to work out.

d = dc UK/Australian (sc US)

Ltr = dtr UK/Australian (tr US)

For this shawl I used Paton's Australia Sorrento yarn & a 4.5mm hook :)

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Hope you are having a lovely day

~ Gillian ♥

second shawl......

Morning Has Broken Shawl no.2

Although I haven't been blogging much lately

or even visiting some of my favourite blogs,

my hook has been very busy.....

I have a few projects to share over the coming week.

I made this shawl for my mother,

She chose the yarn primarily to match her lounge room

as this shawl is to sit on by her armchair

to throw over her shoulders during the winter months

while she is relaxing in the lounge room.

I used the same pattern as my first shawl

all the pattern details are listed in that post :)

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Have a wonderful day
~ Gillian ♥

Fezzes are cool......

It’s a fez, I wear fezzes now….fezzes are cool!lol! actually it's not me who is fez mad....

If you are a Whovian, or at the very least watch a little Dr Who

You will understand the Fez Love ;)

Lachlan turned 12 last week

and not only does he collect hats

but he has started watching Dr Who.

so of course I had to make him a Fez!

Here's a youtube video of part of the Fez episode if you missed it ;)

It was a fun surprise for him on the morning of his b'day.

The original pattern was for a toilet roll cover, but the instructions make it easy for you to make your fez what ever size you want it to be :)

Thank you to Denise Plourde for making this fun pattern available!

you can find the pattern

on Ravelry & on Irish Lace.net

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Life is starting to get back to normal now after a few weeks school holidays and Andrew having some time off work also,

it was so lovely to have everyone at home for a lovely relaxed break :)

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Praying for all those in southern US

as you as you recover from the terrible tornadoes you have had,

our hearts go out to all who have lost loved ones,

homes & other property x
~ Gillian ♥