Lullaby Lodge

"Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?" In her eagerness she did not realise how queer the words would sound and that they were not the ones that she had meant to say.  Mr Craven looked quite startled. "Earth!" he repeated.  "What do you mean?" "To plant seeds in - to make things grow - to see them come alive." The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett As a child I read this book many times.  The Secret Garden always invoked feelings of magic and mystery, of old dead things coming back to life and of birds and woodland creatures.  This is the kind of garden I have always dreamed of having.  The garden that has lived in my imagination, hiding, waiting, patiently for it's chance to become more than just a dream.   Living in a small flat as we do.  We do not have a garden.  Not any kind of garden at all... and this is something I have longed for, for many years.  Particularly now that I

Aren't the mornings and evenings getting chilli now?  I was enjoying a peaceful evening to myself on Sunday.  Relaxing on the sofa and indulging in an episode of Poldark, thinking just that.   What I need is a cosy blanket and a hot water bottle.  Well there are plenty of blankets in this house.  Blanket making is a bit of an obsession of mine... But you can never have too many blankets right?  I have a hot water bottle too, but it is very much lacking in the cosy department. See very plain, very boring... What it needs is a nice crochet cover for ultimate cosiness.  I have plenty of DK yarn in my stash, lot's of Stylecraft Special and lot's of Woolcraft New Fashion DK.  These are my two favourite acrylic yarns to work with and are both very reasonably priced.  Now, which colours to choose.... so many choices... Then it struck me how pretty the fabric on my pyjamas was and I just so happened to have similar colours in my stash.  I went with silver, mint, c

Hello and welcome to my blog.  My name is Catherine, aka Lullaby Melodia (as some of you may know me as on Ravelry).  It has been my dream for a long time to write my own blog, but have never had the time (and perhaps the confidence) to do so.  Recently my working hours have changed and I am only working part time now so thought it the perfect opportunity to start my blog.  So where shall we begin?  I am hoping that this blog will eventually be filled with everything I love.  This means crochet, crochet and more crochet.  There might be the odd bit of knitting and the possibility of some cooking, who knows....  I am very impulsive especially when being creative, so I shall let each whim take me where it will. Speaking of my impulsive nature, earlier this week I was rummaging through my yarn/craft stash and came across some sew in purse frames. I had bought these more than a few years ago.  At the time they were purchased I am sure I had something particular in mind to make with th