Ditsy Pips

The final pattern in my mini March sale trio is the Emily shawl. This has been reworked from the original version I first published a couple of years ago and I have to say, I love this pattern, partly for how fast it works up. It takes just under 150g/ 600m sock weight yarn and the main body of the shawl can be whizzed through.
Until the end of the weekend, Emily (main photo), plus Hunker Down and Caroline (right and middle of the second photo) are all available on Ravelry at... a discounted price using the following codes - Buy any one of the three and get 10% off with the code MARCH10 Buy any two of the three and get 15% off with the code MARCH15 Buy all three and get 20% off with the code MARCH20 Find the Hunker Down Shawl at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ hunker-down-2 Find the Caroline Scarf at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ caroline-scarf-3 Find Emily at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ emily-37
There's also a link to Emily in my profile, above. 👆
Beautiful photos are by @sophiebalchin (thank you!) Yarn is by Natasha at Hill View Farm
#crocheteveryday #crochetshawl #crochet #weekendproject #crochetdesigner #ravelrypattern #blue #bluefacedleicester
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Morning! It's day 2 of my 3 (and a half) day mini getting-back-in-the-groove celebration, with discounts on my three new scarf and shawl patterns. The patterns are the Caroline Scarf (main photo), Hunker Down and Emily (right and left of the second photo) all available on Ravelry. Buy any one of the three and get 10% off with the code MARCH10 Buy any two of the three and get 15% off with the code MARCH15 Buy all three and get 20% off with the code MARCH20 Find the Hunker Down... Shawl at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ hunker-down-2 Find the Caroline Scarf at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ caroline-scarf-3 Find Emily at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ emily-37
Beautiful photos are by @sophiebalchin (thank you!) Yarn is by Natasha at Hill View Farm
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I am FINALLY starting to catch up with my ridiculous to do list! I have uploaded all three of my new patterns to Ravelry and to celebrate I'm offering a discount for the next three days. The patterns are the Hunker Down shawl (main photo), Emily and Caroline (left and middle of the second photo). Buy any one of the three and get 10% off with the code MARCH10 Buy any two of the three and get 15% off with the code MARCH15 Buy all three and get 20% off with the code MARCH20 Fin...d the Hunker Down Shawl at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ hunker-down-2 Find the Caroline Scarf at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ caroline-scarf-3 Find Emily at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ emily-37
Beautiful photos are by @sophiebalchin (thank you!) Yarn is by Natasha at Hill View Farm
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Teaching my biggest small to weave on a Saturday afternoon. She is much more into the idea of making fabric than crochet, but any fibre addiction she wants to share is good with me.
She wants to be an archeologist/anthropologist when she grows up and has just announced, "when I'm not digging up new cultures, I'll be weaving my own blankets". Sounds like an awesome life!
The weft is @dyecandy lace weight yarn in colourway Prairie and it's working into a beautiful, softly colou...r changing textile.
#learntoweave #weaving #yarnaddict #passiton #makeallthethings #lifegoals #craftingwithkids #makesomething #makersgottamake
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Very sadly, the Bower Cafe at Hill View Farm has had to close, so unfortunately the monthly Friday evening crochet sessions in Saunderton Lee will not be continuing. It has been very lovely indeed to meet all of you who have come along to one of the sessions, and if I am able to find am alternative local venue to start the group back up I will.

*** Learn to crochet *** Time for a new hobby? I have two new beginners' crochet courses starting in Windsor in March. The courses will be: Friday mornings, 10.15-11.15am starting on 1st March Tuesday evenings, 7.30-8.30pm starting on 5th March ... All of the courses are one hour a week for 5 consecutive weeks and are £45 per person. The course fee includes all of the hooks, yarn, course materials, handouts and refreshments you would need. The Tuesday evening course will be held in the Community Centre on Broom Farm (just off Dedworth Rd) Windsor. The Friday course will be held at the Home of Shabby Chic, Manor Farm Close (off Clewer Hill Rd), Windsor. Places are limited to keep the groups small and some courses are already partially booked up. Please message me for more information or to book a place.
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A trio of patterns for @unravelfestival - from left to right, Emily, Caroline and the Hunker Down shawl, all made in gorgeous hand dyed yarn by @hillviewfarmmoments Find all three patterns and the yarn to make them in at the Hill View stand at Unravel this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or on #ravelry from Monday. Photo by @sophiebalchin
#crochetdesigner #unravel2019 #farnhammaltings #indiedyed #yarnaddict #crocheteveryday #crochetshawl #crochetscarf

@yarnlovechallenge Day 14 - Yarn Love I have been incredibly lucky with the people that I've met on this crochet journey and the support I have had from others has blown me away. There are two indie dyers in particular though that I am enormously grateful to, for the opportunities they have given me and the faith they have shown in me as a designer (faith I haven't always honestly had in myself). One is Hutch from @dyecandy, the other is Natasha from @hillviewfarmmoments. The...y are totally different to each other and I love the challenges that their very different yarns bring. I have learnt SO much from working with both of them, so thought today would be a good day to say thank you. 💚 The heart in the photo is made Dabbler yarn in shade Norwegian Pine by Hill View Farm (on the left) and Super Sock in shade Mother Earth by Dye Candy (on the right). I believe we are all stronger when we lift each other up. X
#yarnlovechallenge2019 #indiedyed #indieyarndyer #indiedyerofinstagram #crochetdesigner #collaboration #thankful #support #green #workingtogether #yarnlover
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***Crochet evening in Saunderton Lee*** Well that came around again quickly didn't it? Where has the first half of February gone? Our monthly crochet evening is this Friday, 7.30-9pm at The Bower Cafe, Hill View Farm, Lee Rd, Saunderton Lee and everyone is welcome, knitters and hookers alike 😁 It is £10 per person if you would like a crochet lesson or £5 per person if you'd just like to come for a stitch and a yabber over cake.
Please pm me for more info.

I've been out and about with @sophiebalchin this morning while she took some photos of my patterns for me. From the couple I saw on her camera screen, I can't wait to see the finished photos! This one was taken by me and is the Caroline Scarf in Dabbler yarn, shade Jam, hand dyed by Natasha from @hillviewfarmmoments Both the pattern and Natasha's stunning yarn will be at #Unravel2019 22nd-24th Feb. Find them on the Hill View Farm stand at Farnham Maltings. #crochet #crochetscarf #crochetdesigner #handdyedyarn #indieyarndyer #pink

A very excellent way to spend a Sunday evening! Remaking an old pattern with an awesome @pookyarns grad while listening to the latest @intelligencesquared podcast.
#sunday #debate #crocheteveryday #crochetdesigner #craftingandpodcasts #makesomething #makersgonnamake #gradientyarn #green

I love the way the light sits on this yarn, it has so much depth of colour! It's a hand dyed Blue Faced Leicester sock yarn in shade Blue Speckled by Natasha at @hillviewfarmmoments and the shawl is my Emily pattern. I'm currently reworking the pattern and it should be available on #ravelry again at the end of Feb. You can find Natasha's beautiful yarn at #unravel2019 at the #farnhammaltings 22nd-24th Feb.
#bluefacedleicester #bfl #handdyedyarn #crochetdesigner #crochetshawl #blue #indigo #indiedesigner #indiedyed

Even if yesterday was rubbish, the sun will always come up again in the morning.
#sunrise #hope #newday

@yarnlovechallenge Day 6: Challenging. Well, I can honestly say without a moment's hesitation that this dress was the most challenging thing I have ever made. It is a replica of a damaged vintage dress and I had no pattern to work from, just the original dress. It took *weeks* longer than I had anticipated; I discovered as I went on, the original dress was full of anomalies and mistakes, all of which I had to replicate to ensure the same fit. It meant double checking every.si...ngle.chain. There may have been a few tears. There was definitely wine. I consumed enough tea to single handedly support a small plantation for a year. The enormous relief when it was finished was only surpassed by an overwhelming need to sleep. I'm currently planning the next one. 😁 #yarnlovechallenge #yarnlovechallenge2019 #crochet #loveachallenge #headache #crochetdress #handmadeclothes #vintage #crochetcotton #scheepjes
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@yarnlovechallenge Day 4 - Generations (I know I missed Day 3, I'll catch up later).
My amazing Mum taught me to knit, crochet, embroider and sew. She also tats, but didn't pass that particular talent on. My maternal grandmother was a knitter, my paternal grandmother sews. This photo is me attempting to pass some of the skills on to Pip - she sees mostly but I'm hoping she'll come round to knitting and crochet more as she gets older. I think it's so important to pass these skills on through the generations - it's a thread that connects us all and a knowledge that lives on even when we're gone. Plus, they might prove to be useful skills after the apocalypse!
#yarnlovechallenge2019 #passiton #generations #learntoknit #learntocrochet #lifeskills #teach #shareyourpassion #craft #crochet #yarnaddict #knitting

#yarnlovechallenge2019 Day 2- A corner of my home. I think in a previous life I my have been a cat, as this is by far my favourite spot in the house at this time of year. I would dearly love a real fire, but unfortunately that's just not an option here. There's still something very peaceful about sitting by the flames and hooking, even if they are only electric!

Hi! I figured a need to make more of an effort with social media this year and to get me kick started I'm going to be doing #yarnlovechallenge2019 So - this is me. My name's Anne, I live just outside Windsor in the UK. I'm a mum to two little people, a step mum to three not at all little people, a wife, crochet designer and teacher. It feels like I have been crocheting forever and nowadays I am rarely found without yarn - it's stashed in pockets, handbags, car door pockets, ...everywhere. I've just taken up weaving, which I think is going to prove just as addictive, though maybe not as portable! I also have an allotment, which calls to me frequently but is much neglected, although I am planning to research how to spin the nettles into yarn so that I can justify keeping it....
#crocheteveryday #crochetaddict #yarnlove #yarnlovechallenge #intros #crochetdesigner
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The tiredness has caught up with me over this last two days, so I've been taking advantage of Pip's snow day to start working on an idea that's been floating around in my head for the last month. The yarn is Dabbler 4ply Bluefaced Leicester, hand dyed by Natasha at @hillviewfarmmoments in shades Norwegian Pine, Fool's Gold, Jam and Blue Speckled. #snowday #crocheteveryday #wintercrochet #crochetdesigner #indieyarndyer #crochetshawl #braindump #wip #jewelcolours #green #workitout

Due to the weather and school closures, today's crochet classes at the Home Of Shabby Chic Windsor are cancelled. An additional session will be held on Friday 15th Feb to make up for it. Stay warm and have a lovely weekend!

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I ordered 4 quirky eyeball bags to use for hanging up my resources for childminding, I wanted to make the items look fun and appealing for the little ones I mind and get them curios about what was inside the bags and curious to fetch them and look inside them.........WELL the bags arrived and OH MY how absolutely AWESOME they are, I can't wait to fill them and hang them up they are fabulous, Anne gave me an enormous range or colour yarn to choose from so I could have exactly the shade and colours I wanted and they arrived beautifully wrapped and presented in tissue paper and safely boxed up.

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Thank you Anne we all adore them.

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Top quality great communication and excellent craft

I ordered 4 quirky eyeball bags to use for hanging up my resources for childminding, I wanted to make the items look fun and appealing for the little ones I mind and get them curios about what was inside the bags and curious to fetch them and look inside them.........WELL the bags arrived and OH MY how absolutely AWESOME they are, I can't wait to fill them and hang them up they are fabulous, Anne gave me an enormous range or colour yarn to choose from so I could have exactly the shade and colours I wanted and they arrived beautifully wrapped and presented in tissue paper and safely boxed up.

What a good shopping experience, fantastic hand made BEAUTIFUL items, stunning !!

Thank you Anne we all adore them.

High quality and attention to detail but without losing a sense of fun. I really recommend!

Excellent communication , quick postage , and most important stunning hair slides that I adore

Creative, unique, beautifully crafted & presented

Top quality great communication and excellent craft

I ordered 4 quirky eyeball bags to use for hanging up my resources for childminding, I wanted to make the items look fun and appealing for the little ones I mind and get them curios about what was inside the bags and curious to fetch them and look inside them.........WELL the bags arrived and OH MY how absolutely AWESOME they are, I can't wait to fill them and hang them up they are fabulous, Anne gave me an enormous range or colour yarn to choose from so I could have exactly the shade and colours I wanted and they arrived beautifully wrapped and presented in tissue paper and safely boxed up.

What a good shopping experience, fantastic hand made BEAUTIFUL items, stunning !!

Thank you Anne we all adore them.

High quality and attention to detail but without losing a sense of fun. I really recommend!

Excellent communication , quick postage , and most important stunning hair slides that I adore

Creative, unique, beautifully crafted & presented