Frank and Josie's House

Well it's been a couple of weeks my lovelies and it's all been happening! There's been yarn shortages for Christmas projects and colds and jumpers for dogs and slippers for me and more. It's been a busy couple of weeks! Firstly the grownups have been suffering with illness. Luckily we took it in turns so at least one of us could feed the dependents and walk the dogs. Also, for me, this means lots of time to crochet. So I've been busy starting on Christmas and birthday presents, making the dog a jumper and starting him a coat (more in another post) and making me some slippers. [caption id="attachment_1565" align="aligncenter" width="654"] He's nice and cosy[/caption] He wasn't sure about the jumper at first as I'm sure he wondered what I was doing to him. But now he actually comes and asks for it to be put on and runs at us when we hold it up for him! It's nice to have my work appreciated. What else has been occurring I ...

For my sister's birthday I decided to make her something chunky and fun so I made her this big, textured cushion. The pattern came from Emma Friedlander-Collins book  Big Hook Crochet .  You may have heard of Emma from her  Steel and Stitch blog . Well, this book emerged from her love of big hook crochet. She got her first hook by asking her husband to make her one and he did with the end of a broom handle! The patterns inside are easy to follow and mostly simple pattern repeats, well the ones I've tried anyway! They're great stash-busting patterns too. Most patterns use 5 - 8 strands of yarn in various sizes. I've been trying to make myself some slippers or house boots (as Emma calls them) from this book but I've run out of yarn and can't find a replacement so one boot sits on my crochet box and looks lonely.  However, I have completed two patterns successfully from this book without running out of yarn. The first was a pair of slippers for my friend. These wer...