Erika Knight Studio Linen and the Tranquil Shawl

Although this project came after my first shawl, it ended up being posted on the Minerva Crafts blog first  –  this is a review of the Erika Knight Studio Linen yarn and the shawl I made with it. Hopefully I am slowly getting better! This is the Tranquil Shawl by Sarah Hazell, which was designed…

Crochet time – the Tidal Wave shawl

If you follow me on Instagram – @notsewsimple – then you may know that I started teaching myself to crochet earlier this year. After a couple of months of producing small wonky squares and strips of very dodgy basic stitches, I took a class at my local yarn shop which really helped with the basics…

Lazy days of summer – Deer & Doe Myosotis dress

Hi there Welcome to my very first Deer and Doe Myosotis dress – I have already made two more and have another in progress so I think it is safe to say this has been my favourite dress of the summer! I loved all the new Deer & Doe patterns when they were released a…

Summer breeze – Sewaholic Hollyburn skirts

Hi there I could start by apologising (again) for my lack of blogging recently, or I could just skip straight to the actual skirts? There has been quite a bit of sewing, but I just haven’t been finding time to get photos. So in an attempt to get something posted these photos were taken on…