Skates and Stitches

Well hello. I am here, I promise. I'm still crocheting away on a number of things on the nights when I don't pass out the sofa the minute I finish my dinner!
Last week was my friend's 40th birthday, and as I know he likes geeky things and boards games, I decided to make him this cool Pokemon dice bag, which you can get the free pattern for on Ravelry....

I have not blogged in a long time. I have been crafting lots of bits, if a bit slowly, but I've not finished anything for a while. However, I finally finished off the last baby blanket I had planned out for one of my workmates.
I decided to do a giant granny blanket using lots of cool toned Aran weight yarn. I have lots of blue, green, and purple in my stash, so it was easy to find enough yarn to have a nice mix of colours. I even managed to use up a few balls entirely in the...

A few years ago I crocheted myself (and some friends) an Ewok hood from the awesome Yub Nub Scoodie pattern. At the time, I was completely aware that my hood was far too big for me. I even went down a hook size when I made one for my friend to try and...

Oh hey, it's me again, with another baby blanket! I seriously can't help myself. One of my workmates was going off to have a baby, so I decided to get my crochet on.
As always, trying to mix it up so I'm not making the same blanket over and over again, I went with four large granny square, which were 15 rounds each, and then joined them altogether. I finished it with a three round of treble crochet, a round of double...