You see these wonderful colourful creations in January each year. Temperature blankets, scarves, snakes in crochet or knitting and you think, yes I'm going to do one of those. You work out your temperature range, get the yarn and often the first mon...

I have to be honest 2025 was a tough year. Just from a work life balance which has inevitably meant that Bluebird & Daisy got lost in the shadows which caused me to step away for a good few months. Working as a self employed driving instructor (...

I recently made some ladybugs and bumble bees for Fudges Shop window here in Cullompton to celebrate the Yarn Crawl by UK Handknitting. Here are my patterns for both:Bumble BeeDifficultyUsing US terminology throughout the bee is made from end to end ...

What's in a name? You may wonder where the name for my new design came from. The Allotment Shrug is inspired by the very yarn my version is knitted with. Down the Allotment is a range of double knit yarn created by John Arbon Textiles here in Devon ...