Exciting Stuff!

I've just submitted my first pattern to a magazine for publication - so exciting, but OMG how nerve-wracking!? I could barely sleep last night, convinced that my laptop would somehow have deleted the pattern (plus the back-up on my USB flash drive, don't ask how) or replaced the instructions with complete gibberish. Anyway, reading over everything one last time before sending it this morning, it actually looked like gibberish because I'm so exhausted!

The experience has been good though, because it's the first time I've had to use style guidelines to create a pattern (my own random style is not any recognised standard, funnily enough) and having to meet a deadline has helped me to focus and get organised, which is something I really need to do rather than drift along doing things at my own relaxed pace and putting everything off until tomorrow. Or next week. Or, you know, whenever...

Anyway, I am in need of a nice cup of coffee right about now. I'll try to update my blog later today with a Folksy Friday collection. Hope you all have a good weekend!

Happy Camper Folksy Friday

My husband and I have just bought a tent and we're looking forward to our first camping trip, so that's the inspiration for my Folksy Friday selection this week.

As always, you can click on the images to find out more about each item or search Folksy for more ideas to 'glamp' up your tent/caravan.

Feeling Fruity Folksy Friday

Click on the images to find out more about each item or have a search on Folksy for more delicious finds.

New Pattern Now Available

My pattern for Trumpy the African Elephant is now available to purchase on Ravelry and Folksy.



One of my awesome pattern testers wrote a lovely blog post about testing it. She made such a good job of it, I can't believe she'd never made a stuffed toy before!

My latest design

Meet Trumpy the African Elephant - my husband named him, which I'm sure you'd realise if you'd spent any time around him! (He's now complaining about me saying that, but it's actually politer than what I was going to write...)


I'll be looking for people to test the pattern on Ravelry soon, then hope to have the pattern available through my Ravelry store and Folksy shop.

Knit a square for Japan

If you've been watching the news over the weekend, you can't have missed the footage of the terrible aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. A London-based member of Ravelry is looking for people to knit or crochet squares which will be made into blankets for people who've been affected - more info on her blog here. Grab your needles/hook and do some stash-busting for a good cause!

Baa!