Here comes Autumn...

As we all start looking forward to the romance of colder nights, wrapping up warm and snuggling by a roaring fire we will be launching some of our new AW11 lines and to kick us off I am pleased to let you guys know that we have some fabulous new Recycled Luxury Tartan Snoods available on the site, RIGHT NOW! I have been wearing one of these on the odd occasions where the temp has started to drop and I have already had some lovely compliments. I always seem to guess the ever changing weather wrong at the moment and you never know from one hour to the next to expect sun, rain, wind... at least this offers the wearer a quick change from summer outfit to autumn outfit in one piece. Here is a photo of the Black Watch option, but it also comes in the bright red Royal Stewart tartan.

Recycled Luxury Tartan Snood £25

Crochet!

I have finally conquered my mental block with crocheting! Thanks to the wonder that is Youtube and one very bored Saturday night, I knuckled down and set about learning a basic granny square...

The first attempt was the plain peach square you can see in the photo above and there was a lot of pausing, rewinding and unraveling that took place, but all in all - not too shabby for my first square. I then progressed to merging rows of different colours (like the top square in the above photo) and that is what I have been wanting to achieve forEVER!

I carried the coloured square on and I want to continue until it is big enough to be a cushion cover with a matching square for the back. I was using a really soft cotton yarn and I am really happy with how the pastel shades work together. I have more crochet projects in mind (now that I can actually crochet), including a snood design and a scarf design that I have in mind. I have already bought some great colours of wool and started the snood so watch this space for updates!! :)