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  • Blog,  Crocheting,  Free patterns

    The Lydia Lace Crochet Cowl

    March 11, 2021 /

    For as long as I can remember, I have loved lace. When I was much younger, I was always fascinated by lace materials and I did my fair share of hand sewing with them. It’s no wonder then that I love lace stitches and I’m always tempted to incorporate lace…

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  • Blog,  Crocheting,  Knitting

    Five ways to get yourself out of a crafting funk

    August 7, 2020 /

    I have yet to meet a crafter who has never been in a crafting funk. It’s definitely frightening when the urge to do your favourite craft(s), which you likely do everyday, just disappears. Sometimes, it’s gradual. Other times, it’s pretty sudden. Whichever way it happens, there’s always an awful feeling…

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  • Blog,  Crocheting,  Free patterns

    Free Pattern: Easy corner to corner (c2c) At The Cross Square

    April 10, 2020 /

    Happy Easter, friends! Hope you’re keeping safe wherever you are. It feels weird to celebrate Easter on lockdown but this is what is absolutely necessary at this time to combat this terrible pandemic that has swept over much of the nations of the world. The virus cannot, however, take away…

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  • Blog,  Crocheting

    Selfish Crochet Blog Hop – Hosted by Desamour Designs

    January 24, 2020 /

    Happy New Year my lovelies! Hope you had some lovely time off over Christmas and hope 2020 has started off well for you. How is it already 2020? To kick off the new year, I’m participating in Desamour Designs’ Selfish Crochet Blog Hop running from January 1st to 31st! A…

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  • Blog,  Crocheting

    Exciting news: Handmade by Kunbi X Wool is the Answer

    November 23, 2019 /

    Hey lovelies! How have you been? I haven’t blogged in a little while and what perfect timing to do so ‘cos I have some exciting news to share! Yaay! In June this year, I had the opportunity to exhibit at The Wool Monty Show as a featured designer. It was…

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    Crochet Pattern: Baby Belle Blanket

    June 8, 2019 /

    Hey lovelies, It’s been a minute since I posted on the blog but there’s been so much going on behind the scenes – most notably the launch (finally!) of my online shop. Baby blankets are my absolute faves to crochet. I designed the baby belle blanket while I was pregnant…

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    Five must-make baby girl clothing crochet patterns

    July 17, 2018 /

    While I was pregnant, particularly in my third trimester, I crocheted some clothing items for my baby. using some awesome patterns (paid) that produced uber cute pieces. In no particular order, here are my top five. They’re definitely must-makes if you’re looking for some items to crochet for a baby…

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    WIP: Crochet Graphgan Project – Pitter Patter Baby Blanket

    September 5, 2017 /

    Baby blankets are my favourite things to crochet and the corner to corner (c2c) method is a quick way to make one. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’ve never tried it before. I got the idea for this graphgan blanket one Sunday afternoon and could not wait to get…

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    One Skein Wonder: Quick and Easy Crochet Cowl

    August 30, 2017 /

    Hey lovelies! I love lace and open work patterns, and I’m always looking for ways to experiment with them. Since I seem to have a thing for cowls, judging by how many cowl pattern ideas I am currently thinking about, it only made sense to create a lacy cowl pattern.…

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    For the Love of Borders

    August 12, 2017 /

    Hey lovelies! Welcome to my blog and my first post. This is where I get the chance to talk more about knitting, crocheting, creating, yarn, life and everything between. Basically, this is where I get to share a bit more about me, things I enjoy doing and also connect with…

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The crochet hook made me so it 👀 but daaaaang, The crochet hook made me so it 👀 but daaaaang, look at that colour combo 😍😍.

Made good progress on this project since yesterday. It’s one of those ones that you just can’t put down once you start 😍😍.

Happy hump day you guys!!
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Pattern: Asymmetrical crochet shawl (Soon come).
Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Anniversario and Pearl.
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Me thinks this colour combo is going to be lit 🔥.

Whatchu fink?
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4️⃣1️⃣ trips around our closest star☀️ 4️⃣1️⃣ trips around our closest star☀️🎂🎂. One of my sisters asked me yesterday if I’m feeling like 41 and I told her “nah, more like 25 still!”. Hehee! Ever grateful to God for His goodness and grace! I really am what I am by God’s grace and mercies 🙏🏽.
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I’m celebrating this birthday with an occupant 🤰🏽and the reason I have been so unwell for so long! I am sooo chuffed to share this with you as many of you followed me on my pregnancy journey when I was pregnant with baby number 2 and I believe we got two (or maybe three) baby blanket patterns through that process…hahaaa! Let’s see how many we get this time, eh?
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To celebrate my birthday, I have set up a 48 hour sale on Ravelry for you to get 40% off your purchase (cos 41% is such a weird percentage!). No code required, just add your purchase and you’re good to go! Link to my Ravelry shop in bio. Happy shopping 🛒!!
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Ever grateful for you all! 🙌🏽🙌🏽.
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Every time I pick up this project, I think to myse Every time I pick up this project, I think to myself “I really should use more greys”. There’s just something about greys and knitwear/crochet wear…or is it just me?
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Hallos my lovelies! It’s been nearly three weeks since I last posted on my feed 😱. I had a two week annual leave from work and for the first time ever, I also took the entire two weeks off business related things. It was time off that I didn’t think I needed but it did me a world of good. Being unwell also meant that I couldn’t entertain feelings of freaking out about being away for too long cos I just didn’t have the energy to do much.
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I’ve had a lovely staycation with the famalam and it’s back to work this week plus counting down to my birthday in two days time 💃🏽💃🏽♍️.

How have you been? Missed me 😊😊?
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It’s the colour contrast for me 😍😍😍. 
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Had to blitz through my Easy Lace Panel top for the @radiclethreads July MAL cos I was so behind. Nearly there now. Just need to dunk (block) 😊 the panels, sew them up and finish up the little sleeves - no pressure 😮‍💨😮‍💨🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️.
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Did you join the MAL? I would love to see your top, so make sure you tag me and @radiclethreads. Also use #RadTMAL in your post 🙌🏽🙌🏽.
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Pattern: Easy Lace Panel (pattern available in all my shops).
Yarn: Hand dyed by @thirdvaultyarns.
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If you’re knitting a top down yoke sweater and y If you’re knitting a top down yoke sweater and you don’t take a flat lay photo of the yoke, are you even knitting a top down yoke sweater?? 🤣🤣🤣.
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On a serious note though, I’m always searching the yoke sweater hashtag cos I love seeing all the gorgeous yoke flat lays.

Happy new week you fabulous lot! Hope you have a good one!
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Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Frank Ochre.
Pattern: Soon come!
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Any c2c lovers on my feed 🙋🏽‍♀️? I fin Any c2c lovers on my feed 🙋🏽‍♀️? I find that I have seasons where all I want to do is crochet c2c. There’s something about the rhythm of the c2c stitch that just gets me lost in the euphoria of it. Anyone else feel this way?

Happy “nearly the weekend” day, my friends! I count Fridays as part of the weekend, can’t help it 🤷🏽‍♀️🙈.

Pattern: The Little Bubba c2c graphgan blanket (pattern available in all my shops - link in bio).
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I. Just. Couldn’t. Resist. Casting. On 🙈🙈. I. Just. Couldn’t. Resist. Casting. On 🙈🙈. Had to try this yarn out…would have been wrong not to 😉.

Happy weekend, my friends!

Yarn: 500g Merino DK Hank from @woolyknit.
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Finally got my act together and graded this beaut Finally got my act together and graded this beaut of a cocoon cardi…yaaaay! Should hopefully go to testers soon, once I finish typing up the pattern.

It’s a loooot of fun to make 😍😍.
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Pattern: Spring Breeze Crochet Cocoon Cardi (thanks to @ctyl05 - I’ll send you a copy of the pattern when it’s released 🙌🏽. A massive thank you to everyone who suggested a name).
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted.
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Let me tell you a little story about these gorgeou Let me tell you a little story about these gorgeous chunks of yarn from @woolyknit. I mean, look at the size of them! 🧶🧶🧶.

So, the fab trio of @thewoolmontyshow shared their #MontyAtHome hauls the other day and I was immediately drawn to the huge hanks of yarn in each of their hauls 😍😍. At the time, I had started swatching for a pattern and wasn’t liking the yarn I was knitting with and just somehow knew that this yarn from @woolyknit was THE ONE.

Long story short, I received my happy mail yesterday and I am not disappointed at all! 

So, a huge thank you to Rosie, Mand and Debbie of @thewoolmontyshow for sharing their hauls and a huge thank you to @woolyknit for these gorgeous and squishilicious (oooooh, what a word!) yarn 😍😍🙌🏽🙌🏽.

THE END 😊😊.
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Yarn: 500g Merino DK Hank from @woolyknit.
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