I'm not going to hide it - I'm a big fan of the Royal Family. I like how the country comes together and celebrates...for a few days the mood of the country lifts as the news is full of positivity (well mostly). Okay so we might question the royal family sometimes...the use of tax payers money by certain members but then I look at the good that they do, their independent work Princes Trust, Duchy originals...
Last year I enjoyed the royal wedding celebrations on the big screen at Hyde Park. This year, a bit tired after the dot-to-dot festival (my next blog piece coming up) I had afternoon tea, followed by champagne while watching the jubilee concert on the box.
The most adorable little owl I made for a birthday present. I've just started to learn how to crochet and the little owl is my second attempt at making something. Once I got over looking at the daunting instructions and the many different patterns I managed to learn a few basic stitches - chains, slip stitches, double crochet. I found the easiest way to do this was looking at youtube videos and I brought a book The Essential Handbook of Crochet Stitches
. I decided the best thing would be to get on and just make something! My first project is something much simpler (It's not yet finished but I'll post it when I do!). Then I came across this lovely owl by Zoom Yummy found here. The pattern is available on etsy at a bargain cost. Great instructions - picture by picture which I think is definitely needed for a beginner!. The pattern is in American (yes american and english have different names for the stitches to make things more complicated!). Seemed easy to convert - ch (Chain Stitch) and Sl St (Slip Stitch) are the same, sc (single crochet stitch) is dc (double crochet), hdc (half double crochet stitch) is htr (half a treble). Now I'm off to make another one under request..
