Inspired by a tour of the Scottish Highlands; the majestic thistles, a stag casually wandering down a village high street and, especially, the furnishings and view from a 2 day stay in a cabin next to a loch on the Isle of Skye.

With these easy-to-make crochet wrist and ear warmers, you can stay snug all winter long. The fair isle cross stitch design and the mini berry stitch texture add that little bit of extra style. In no time at all you’ll be keeping your hands and ears toasty when you’re out and about on those crisp and frosty days.

An eye-catching cushion made from double crochet and embroidered with a cross stitched skull with rose flowers design. The rose stems and leaves are created with surface slip stitches. The cushion is finished off with a treble stitch ruffled edging and simple crocheted buttons to join the back opening.

This square was designed for Granny Square Day 2023 (15th August), an annual event hosted on Instagram by Simply Crochet magazine. It’s an adapted version of one of the roses from my Skull and Roses Pattern. A double crochet (UK) square bordered with one row of double crochet, embroidered with a rose created from cross stitches and surface slip...

Inspired by a tour of the Scottish Highlands, especially the furnishings and view from a 2 day stay in a cabin next to a loch on the Isle of Skye. This tartan effect cushion is created from horizontal stripes of double crochet with vertical stripes of cross stitch and finished with surface slip stitching. The back is two rectangles of double cr...

Inspired by a tour of the Scottish Highlands, especially the furnishings and view from a 2 day stay in a cabin next to a loch on the Isle of Skye. The cushion is simply double crochet with surface cross stitching of a stag or a thistle. The back is two rectangles of double crochet in one colour, fastened with toggles.

Inspired by a tour of the Scottish Highlands, especially the furnishings and view from a 2 day stay in a cabin next to a loch on the Isle of Skye. The tartan effect is created from horizontal stripes of double crochet with vertical stripes of cross stitch and finished with surface slip stitching.

A quick and easy blanket for the cold winter evenings. Seed stitch squares and rectangles are sewn together, bordered with double crochet (UK) and edged with reverse double crochet aka crab stitch.

A fun, but stylish, 39cm x 39cm cushion cover made from double crochet (UK) squares embroidered with cross stitched pumpkin designs slip stitched together and with a treble stitch (UK) 2.5cm ruffled edging. The back is stripes of double crochet (UK) joined with simple crocheted buttons to easily add and remove a 40cm x 40cm cushion inner. It wi...

Learn to crochet and combine with simple embroidery to make these easy coasters. Created using only double crochet (UK)for both the background and the border in one colour, then embroidered with designs using simple cross stitch and surface slip stitch. There are four designs to mix and match; a bumble bee, a white flower, a sunny yellow flower...