It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
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Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
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It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
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CROCHET, MAKE · September 19, 2010

How to crochet a flower… and more

Easy step by step DIY tutorial: how to crochet a flower, wool squares and more. We head to yarn and haberdashery shop Mrs Moon (listed in our directory here) in St Margarets to learn how to crochet on a beginners crochet class.

Before I start, I must confess to being a complete crochet novice, having never even picked up a crochet hook before, so I was more than a little nervous about embarking on this class. But I had walked past the beautiful new yarn shop Mrs Moon in my local village of St Margarets so many times, gazing at the rows of coloured wools and yarns and wishing that I was the kind of person who could rustle up a quick scarf or corsage at the drop of a hat, that when I saw they were offering classes for newbies like me, I was determined to give crochet a go.

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The classes at Mrs Moon take place in a quiet room tucked away at the back of this treasure trove of a shop. I defy anyone not to be inspired by the time they reach this room having passed by the endless skeins of yarn, balls of wool, sewing kits and completed projects which are dotted around the shop amongst the vintage fixtures and fittings.

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I arrived on a Saturday morning for the two-and-a-half-hour beginners class which would teach me the basic stitches that I needed to get started with crochet. Our tutor was textile artist Joanna Clark and the group of six was small enough for each of us to get individual attention or advice if we got stuck.

mrs moon haberdasheryamy butler for rowan wooleasy step by step DIY tutorial How to Crochet a Flower with Mrs Moon - learn the basics and crochet flowers and squares as well as how to make a log cabin blanket and zig zag crochet blanket. Click through for all the step by step info you need #howtocrochet #crochet #tutorial #stepbystep #howtomake #frombritainwitlove #howtocrochetaflower

After the all important tea and biscuits had been distributed, we were each given a handy booklet with instructions and useful diagrams to take home with us, or to make notes in as we went along. Then it was time to get started….

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Joanna began by showing us how to hold the yarn and crochet hook and explained the importance of having the right yarn tension so that our stitches would not be too tight or loose. Our first step was to tie a slipknot of yarn onto the crochet hook.

Next we were introduced to the most basic of crochet stitches, the chainstitch, and after what seemed like an age of slowly hooking, looping and winding, my fingers suddenly kicked into gear and a long chainstitch snake started to appear below my crochet hook.

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I noticed that the knitters in the class got the hang of the technique much faster than the non-knitters like myself, and some of them had metres of snakey chain cascading onto the floor while I was proudly examining my little ten centimetre length of chainstitch. Nevertheless, I carried on stitching at my own pace until before long it started to feel like second nature and I was ready to move on.

Having mastered the chainstitch, we quickly progressed onto the next one – the double crochet stitch. Slightly more complex, this stitch again took a little time to get the hang of, but somehow my fingers clicked into action and soon they were working away by sheer force of habit.

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One thing that I found reassuring with crochet is that when I did make a mistake it was easy to see where I had gone wrong and to unpick it and start again – something that I had found impossible with knitting.

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As my little snake grew longer and fatter with the chunkier double stitch, it was time to press on and have a go at the last of the three stitches that we would be learning – the treble crochet stitch. This stitch is slightly more complicated again, with an extra process of hooking and looping thrown in, but as before what seemed impossible at first started to feel natural after a while and I settled into a kind of rhythm, albeit a very slow one!

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Before long it was time to put our newly-learnt stitches into practice and to create our very own ‘granny square’ – one of those small textured squares of crochet which you often see joined together in different colours to form fabulous retro style blankets.

By joining a length of chainstitch to form a circle, we then stitched rounds of treble stitch, alternated with chainstitch, to create a sort of checkerboard effect within a square. This took a fair bit of concentration and there was much heavy breathing and muttering (or was it swearing?) from around the table, as Joanna gently guided us in the creation of our first ‘proper’ pieces of crochet.

To see all the step by steps we learned, check out this video tutorial by Mrs Moon, which has all the details you need.

All too soon it was time to down our hooks as the class drew to a close. I was fully engrossed and could easily have carried on and on, but I was thrilled to have created the beginnings of a small crocheted granny square, even if it was with a large dollop of assistance from Joanna each time I got stuck!

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This is a great beginners class for anyone wanting to learn the basics of crochet so that they can experiment further in their own time. As the class is only two-and-a-half hours long, the pace is fairly fast and we rapidly progressed from learning the basic stitches to putting them into practice.

I knew that if I was to remember what I’d been taught, I would have to put in some additional work back at home. So after the class I browsed the wonderful haberdashery shop, finally settling on some pretty pastel coloured wools and a reference book, The Encyclopaedia of Crochet Techniques, which I could turn to if I got stuck. With my appetite for crochet well and truly whetted, I couldn’t wait to get home and start practising.

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Back at home, I pulled out my wool and started again from scratch, practising each of the three stitches that I’d been taught until they began to feel like second nature. I devoured my new book and spent what seemed like hours that afternoon watching crochet videos on YouTube, until I felt confident enough to try out some new crochet patterns for myself.

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My first attempt was a simple crocheted flower made up of chainstitch and treble stitch, to which I added a tweedy button to create a vintage-style corsage. It should have only had seven petals but I got distracted by my four year old son when counting and it accidentally ended up with eight, but I think I got away with it!

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Next I followed a pattern for a crochet heart that I found on a blog (yes, I was actually reading crochet blogs by this stage!) and created some pretty hanging heart and flower decorations. Now all I need is some festive red yarn and that’s my Christmas tree decorations sorted for this year!

Another slightly wonky flower design followed, which I transformed into a sort of rosette with dangly chainstitched tendrils and a pearly vintage button, before trying out another granny square in soft organic cotton yarn which I’m intending rather ambitiously to work up into a blanket for my soon-to-be new baby. Don’t even get me started on booties!

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So… while my crochet creations may not be technically perfect, they were all created within a few days of my beginners class, so I’ve added them here to show that you can really have fun, experiment and get creative after just a couple of hours of learning the basics.

As you can see I’m certainly a crochet convert – and the delightful Mrs Moon haberdashery now has a very enthusiastic new customer. If you’ve never tried crochet before, why not have a go yourself? I found it much easier than I thought I would and, if you’re anything like me, you just might get hooked!

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Feeling inspired? Take a look at the Creative Workshops category in our Directory, where you’ll find a variety of inspiring courses, from art and crafts to fashion and beauty, interiors, cooking and flower & gardening.

There’s a fantastic step-by-step video tutorial on how to make a Granny Square (even if you’ve never crocheted before) on Australian blog Meet Me at Mike’s. I love this tutorial for making a zig zag blanket.

how to crochet a zig zag blanket

There’s also a really cute Log Cabin blanket tutorial too that I fancy having a go at (below)…

how to crochet a log cabin blanket

I also found the hanging heart and flower decoration patterns here.

The crocheted flower corsage tutorial that I followed was a video by The Art of Crochet on YouTube (note: this video uses the American crochet terminology where ‘single crochet’ is what we call ‘double stitch’ and ‘double crochet’ is what we call ‘treble stitch’).

Recommended Reading:

Mrs Moon recommend a number of inspiring books on getting started with crochet:

Vintage Crochet BookCrocheted Gifts BookBaby Crochet Book

Vintage Crochet by Susan Cooper

Crocheted Gifts by Kim Werker

Baby Crochet by Lois Daykin

 


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They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
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