Kits & Yarn Orders

Hello ladies, or as they say here in Nepal 🇳🇵: Namaste!

I wanted to be fully transparent with you and let you know that sandy, I have to temporarily increase my shipping fees.

I am currently travelling around the world 🌍, meaning orders are being fulfilled by my lovely mother and partner in crime Modestes Ouvrages.

She lives in Belgium and annoyingly, shipping fees are a lot higher there than in the U.K.

It was a hard decision but I made calculations and by keeping the shipping fees as they are, I am making a loss.

So, rather than compromising on the quality of my shipments, I had no choice but to increase fees accordingly.

Please note that I will bring these back to what they were as soon as I am back in the U.K., which won’t be until early 2019.

I apologise for this, and I hope this won’t deter anyone from getting nice crochet goodies!

Farewell Present – double up thread crochet

Yesterday was my last day at work. My colleague Faye, whom I taught how to crochet last year, came to me with a lovely little present: 

A cute golden ball of yarn!

It’s very fine so I’m going to learn how to double up the thread as I go. I’ve seen a few videos on YouTube and it doesn’t look that hard. You can learn how to here:

Have a great Saturday!

Little London Crochet

Crochet & Knitting soon prescribed by NHS?

Not sure if you saw on This Morning, they recently talked about how the NHS could save millions by prescribing knitting to patients. 

Knitting (I would like to include crochet in this, on this occasion), distracts from chronic pain, lowers blood pressure and may slow the onset of dementia – according to this video:

So let’s contaminate the planet with a lot of knitting and crocheting ladies! 

Have a nice evening ♥️

Coin Purse Workshop

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while but since Christmas I literally have not stopped! First of all work got really busy, but I’ve also been planning my big trip. For those of you who don’t know yet, my boyfriend and I are about to embark on a 1-year round-the-world trip. We are VERY excited!

What this means though, is that my crochet will probably take a back-seat in 2018. I am of course taking my hook with me but logistically speaking it won’t be as easy to make and share my stuff. I will share the travel blog my boyfriend and I will create for our trip in case you want to follow our adventures!

Last month I co-hosted a crochet workshop with Alison from Essex Country Crochet. 8 ladies joined this fabulous day of crochet and chat.

 

We had ladies who knew how to crochet, and others who had never held a hook before.

One thing I realised during the workshop is that teaching is very rewarding. What struck me the most is how fast children can learn. Three young primary school girls joined the workshop and guess what? They are the only ones who completed 100% of their coin purses. Incredible! Two of these talented girls have a crochet Instagram account in case you want to follow them: Poppy and Izzy. As they are underaged I cannot share any pics of them, so instead I will share their work:

I also had the amazing opportunity to meet another crochet freak I originally met on Instagram. We have been talking for a few months and it was nice to finally meet Brittany face to face:

This workshop gave me a lot of ideas for the future. First of all I would like to do like my mum and get my crochet teacher certification. But I would also like to run more workshops, and co-host more regularly with other fellow crocheter.

Stay tuned guys, I may not post as much as I used to but I’m still here!!!

First Feature in LGC Knitting & Crochet Magazine

Today is a special day for me as I was published in LGC Knitting & Crochet Magazine.

They spotted my Coin Purse Kits on Instagram just before Christmas and asked if I wanted to be featured in their Kits and Caboodle section in January.

I was so flattered to see that such a big magazine wanted to talk about Little London Crochet so I jumped on the opportunity.

Tadaaaaaaaaaa……

I’m mentioned alongside 3 other talented ladies from Ami2U, All for the Love of Abbie and MCA Direct.

Little London Crochet is an adventure I started in Septembre and I feel like I have accomplished so much already. I cannot wait to continue to pursue this passion of mine.

Tomorrow my mum is coming to see me in London, I picked up a copy of the magazine for her too. #mummysgirl.

Yeyyyy!!!

Crochet Dog Crib

Over Christmas I received a lovely order from a friend who is expecting. She wanted a dog crib for her baby boy. She had the plastic hangers but no doggy to hang on it so she contacted me to make some for her.

So….. I made her 4 cute sausage dogs which I named after Italian luxury designers as her husband is Italian and she likes designer clothes.  For those who want to try, I got the FREE pattern from Stip En Haak. They have loads of beautiful amigurumi patterns.

On that note, I would like to introduce you to Giorgio, Gabbana, Giani and Guccio:

I even added a little bone to keep the doggies happy:

It was a lot of fun to make and I can’t wait for her baby boy to look at them when falling asleep!

Christmas Markets

Hello everyone!

I am a bit gutted as I wasn’t able to post anything in over 2 weeks. Between my full time job and the markets it’s been a lot more difficult to spend time on social media.

So far I have done 3 out of the 4 markets I’m doing this year for Christmas and I am very happy with the way it’s going.

1. Wimbledon

That was the first market I made ever so I was a bit nervous. Unfortunately that one was a bit of a fail. It was outside, cold and rainy so footfall was low. Sales were bad and I made a loss. It was a bit discouraging as it was my first and I thought to myself I really hope the next ones will be better otherwise I will have to offer crocheted presents to all my family with the remaining stock hehe! Whilst I met some nice people I don’t think I will be doing this one again next year. I’ve learnt that indoor markets are the best as you don’t depend on the weather! 

2. Fortismere School

This Christmas market was organised by a School in Muswell Hill. It went very well, a lot better than I thought actually! There are over 1,500 students in the school so footfall was huge. I also met some lovely people including a lady that makes her own jewellery El Zacura. You should check her out!

3. Belgium

Probably my favourite one so far as I did it with my mum and all our family and friends came to say hi. Including my grand parents who are not in great shape (it was snowing a lot too that day so triple points for them!). 

We’ve learnt a lot during all markets, including about packaging. We noticed that we sold more when items were not packaged and people could touch them. If only we had known this before as it is time consuming to package everything haha but you live and learn!

I have one more on Saturday and after that I think I will crochet something for myself! As a little treat!

Have a good evening and I will post again soon after my workshop on Thursday! Very excited about it!

Weekend in Belgium 🇧🇪

This weekend I went back to Belgium to prepare the Christmas markets with my mum. No rest for us, we did not stop! Here’s what needed to be done:

• Discuss pricing
• Print pricing + plastify
• Review stock
• Crochet more stuff including 3 baskets and 5 crochet purses
• Go to a car boot sale to get beads and other accessories we can attach to the purses

Very productive weekend, and below are the creations we made:

And… this week I sold Kits every single day of the week. It makes me very happy that people want to make what they see on my Instagram! Very exciting! ♥️

Crochet Coin Purse Workshop in Essex

I am so excited to announce that I am collaborating with Essex Country Crochet on a Workshop that will take place in January 2018.

In the workshop you will learn how to make a crochet Coin Purse 👛 from scratch. All the material will be provided, including the most sought after element: the clasps. 

Alison is a crochet teacher and highly experienced. It’s a true honour to organise a workshop with her.

A few people have already signed up including my dear insta friend Cozy Comfy Living whom I will meet for the first time at the workshop. We have been chatting for a few months and I recently bought her scrubbies on Etsy (take a look at her shop!) What a great eco friendly idea! Brittany is such a smart gifted lady.

I feel truly blessed, over the past few months I have built a lovely insta community and am building some great friendships. Because that’s what life is about.

If you want to join our gig on 27th January 2018, visit our Facebook event page and contact Alison directly. Come on ladies, life is too short to crochet alone!

Below are examples of what you will be able to make that day:

Busy Making Crochet Coin Purses

Good evening and apologies for the radio silence lately. I’ve been so busy at work and when I’m not working, I’m crochetting. I still find it hard to manage my time efficiently between work, Crochet and social media. Any advice about this would be welcome!

I wanted to share the latest crochet coin purses I have made. They are getting more and more original, I like to challenge myself! 

1. Bear 🐻 

2. Unicorn 🦄 

That one was hard to make and I’m not sure if it’s a cow 🐄 or a unicorn 🦄 but it looks cool regardless so I am happy!

3. Striped crochet coin purse

This one is getting a lot of positive feedback for some reason so I will make more of them for the Christmas markets!

4. Striped with a flower 🌹 

Have a lovely Sunday night, I’m off watching Blue Planet 2!