fibrefaerie

There is a funny story about how I learned to crochet. My mother swears that she taught me to crochet when I was a small child, but I don't remember.

I don't remember when I first started knitting. I know I was a small child. My mum and my Grandmother taught me, and I remember working through old Womens Weekly toy patterns and making clothes and accessories for my dolls and teddies. 

Meanwhile my mother, aunts and gr...

At it’s most simple, knitting and crochet can be broken down to just a few stitches, simple motions, repeated in easily remembered sequences to create textured patterns and fabric.

But there is much more to it than that. 

The way you hold your yarn, hook or needles, the...