Newly re-listed in my Etsy shop today, are my better-than-even gingerbread brooches which come with a personalisable recycled greetings card. This year the super-cute gingerbread brooches are made in 100% British wool that has been specially hand-dyed for me by Caroline of The Occasional Purl.
An Escargoterie of Crochet Snails
I’m delighted to announce the arrival of the Little Conkers crocheted snails! They’ve been a bit slow getting here, but then they are snails… Did you know the collective noun for snails (crocheted or otherwise) can be a walk, rout or escargotoire? The collective noun for slugs is a cornucopia.
Lego Week 2
A few more thoughts and pictures from our Lego Week. (See my Lego Week 1 post). It turned a bit incoherent towards the end, to be honest, due to all the other clubs and visits we had on. I wish we could have done it outside term time as originally planned. But hey ho, theRead more ⟶
Lego Week 1
We’ve been doing ‘Lego Week’ this week so I thought I’d share some of my Lego home education ideas. Lego Week has been a long time in the planning, and perhaps not as spectacular as it ought to have been given that, but it’s going well so far. Mainly, designating a day or week forRead more ⟶
Taxonomy Day
Today was Taxonomy Day at Conker Corner! Okay you’re thinking that doesn’t sound quite as thrilling as Lego Week (that’s next week if I get all my ducks in a row), but it has turned out to be one of our more successful days, and I think I’ve got as much out of it as theRead more ⟶
Making Nightdresses
A couple of weeks ago, I was getting very, very annoyed at not being able to find a nightdress for my 5-year-old daughter. A nightdress that she would be comfortable in, and like, and that I thought was age-appropriate and practical. I didn’t think my requirements were that exacting –
A right yarn
The organic cotton yarn that I use for… well, everything has been discontinued, so I’ve spent the last few weeks working out what this means for my offering. The yarn I use is Twilley’s Freedom Sincere organic cotton DK, and it is top quality and totally reliable (thoroughly consistent dye lots, no knots, always trueRead more ⟶
The Big Comic Relief Crafternoon
Less than a week to go now until something very, very exciting for me! A little pattern of mine is being published in a real, live magazine! Even better, it’s an extra special edition of Mollie Makes produced for Comic Relief 2015. The Big Comic Relief Crafternoon magazine is choc full of brilliant patterns andRead more ⟶
Baby Wash Mitt Crochet Pattern
Those of you who’ve known Little Conkers for a while will recognise these little faces. But now you can use my pattern to make these simple baby wash mitts for yourself.
Kiddies’ Blanket Update
Well, it’s certainly been a while since my last blog post about the crochet blankets I am making for two of my children! Now we’ve all felt guilty about projects that have hang about for ages because we just didn’t really like making them. This is not the case with these blankets – the reasonRead more ⟶