This post contains affiliate links Selling your hand crafts online is totally different to selling in a physical shop or craft stall. Your buyers don’t have anything to touch, hold …
A few weeks ago I posted a free pattern for a bunny ears egg cosy. Since then I’ve been thinking of all things bunny, which naturally led to carrots! This …
This post contains affiliate links It’s nearly Easter! Time for a free pattern: this fun bunny ears egg cosy! As an animal lover, one of my favourite things about Easter …
This post contains affiliate links. One of the things that I tend to harp on about when making amigurumi is the use of a stitch marker. They are so, so …
This is not my usual crafty post, but something that I’ve been pondering on lately. We need rain. Cape Town is currently experiencing the worst drought that it has seen in …
Hello and happy (belated!) New Year. How is it 2017 already? Not only 2017, but half way through February?? Yikes! The little baby I posted about last year… he’s nearly …
I love wrapping gifts at Christmas time. And it doesn’t have to be an expensive task to make your gifts look spectacular. Have a look below for some of my …
I’m not sure why, but in my neck of the woods, the tradition of giving Christmas cards seems to have dwindled. Maybe it’s because cards are pretty expensive, or because …
It’s a most wonderful time of the year! Thoresby Cottage is celebrating and would love to one lucky reader their choice of pattern from my pattern shop! To enter: 1.Like …
The granny square is the one of the classic crochet items that almost every new crocheter learns to make. It was the very first thing that I learned to …
