Purple peril.

I love this little dude!! I thought I'd have a little play about and here's the result.

Monster's are so cool to design because anything goes. Made a mistake? No one will know ;-)


Sc- single crochet

Ch- chain

-Monster applique

magic circle, ch6 and pull tight.

2sc in each stitch for 2 rows so that there are 24 stitches.

Sc in 3 stitches, ch1 and turn. Repeat for 6 rows.

Sc in each stitch for another 6rows, inc2 in each row.

-For the eye
magic circle, ch6 and pull tight.

2sc in each stitch. Finishing with 12 stitches.

Sew them together, add your own detail and... Tada!!

Last minute!

Grandad's birthday this week and I completely forgot! Major boo boo... almost.
I remembered seeing an idea on pinterest which would make a fitting gift for me old pop's. I grabbed an old mug and my promarkers and sketched out my family tree. Baked at gas mark 4 for 45 minutes and hey presto!



He absolutely loved it! I was pretty chuffed myself to be honest.
My first attempt was a fail, i put the mug in a pre heated oven for 30 minutes and the pattern washed straight off :-(
For my second attempt I put the mug in a cold oven, after 45 minutes I turned the oven back off and let the mug cool over night and so far so good. I think if I scrubbed at the pattern it would eventually wear off but luckily he doesn't want to use it, 'its far too special' apparently. :-) winner!
I also knocked up a quick handmade card

Happy birthday grandad!

P.s. sorry for the rubbish photo's. It was such a rush I had to take them after he'd received them :-/