Buttonnose Crochet

It is the summer school holidays here in Australia, and any parent can relate that there are so many activities a child will do before they say "I am bored Mum", usually in a time frame of 1 day. For a while i had planned to dye some yarn with my daughter as a colour experiment during the holidays. So i done some research on how to dye yarn, as i had never done it before. It was interesting to find some really helpful sites and how to make chemical free yarn dyes. Two great sites are  DaisyHead Creations  and  Knitty Once i had my research gathered, i took advantage of the Knit Picks sale and bought some Bare wool of the Andes in sport weight. These hanks are quite affordable for someone that wants to dye their own yarn as an experiment or fun with the kids. Each hank has a total of 474 yards/250 meters, which is plenty to make a nice scarf like The Day trip scarf by Zooty owl. (One of my favourite designers) Now because this is an activity with a child i wanted to...

When deciding on colours for a project, it can be daunting, frustrating and stressful. We seem to be drawn to certain colours because they make us happy, content or even excited. For Example, i like blue, purple, aqua and neutrals. These colours are soothing and relaxing to me. But sometimes we are asked to make an item for someone in a colour we totally dislike. For me it is black (not that it is classed as a colour) and brights. These colours basically hurt my eyes (i have astigmatism in both eyes and i am night blind, so i don't usually work with dark colours) When i asked on my giveaway post what your favourite colour was, there were so many different responses, and it prompted me to get my colour sticks out of my Stylecraft Special DK and have a play with combinations. Below are 31 different combinations, that range from ombres, baby neutrals, autumn shades, summery shades, pastels and brights. I have kept the colour palettes to a maximum of 3 so there is room to add...