Author Archives: NikkiM
Swinging into Summer
I managed to finish two more of my Reiko Kato blocks. I now have four finished blocks, the first two is my post “Needle turn“, August 14, 2015. Better get going, two more to go! Love NikkiM
Crochet along II
Crochet along
On the 8 September 2015 one of the blogs I follow, “Cherry Heart”, invited all to join in her CAL, I read, no I glanced over the post and kind of dismissed it, then I read “The Little Room of Rachell” blog, another blog I follow and thought, “why not?”. I have a yarn stash […]
Baby sitting
Buzy Day Aug/Sept 2015
I’m still hooking!
I’m still hooking! This time its tray clothes, you can also use them for placemats. I follow this blog called “Little Woolie” by Julie Harrison. She crochets the most amazing things. In 2013 she started crocheting these Harlequin dish clothes using a crochet method called “Tapestry crocheting”, it’s like Fair Isle knitting, just in crocheting. […]
Flower doilies
Spring has arrived in all its glory on the south side of the world! Not sure how I feel about the summer, they are pretty hot and if you are from the north side of the world you would think it’s always summer here! What I’m saying it’s not cold here at all! The heat […]
Getting ready for Christmas
I’m getting ready for Christmas. As we will not be home for Christmas this year, no, we are not going to Europe this time, we are staying home in sunny South Africa. Not on the east coast (we lives on the east coast side ), but on the west coast. This means we are going […]
Hope chest
I’m working on my “hope chest”. The last few weeks I have been crocheting a baby cot blanket. I know they have only been married for 2 months and you should not start making things before the time, but I can’t help it. I’m in granny mode! I bought a bunch of flannels to crochet […]