Folksy Friday - Creative Crochet

I recently took up crochet, so today's Folksy Friday offering is a celebration of that craft.  The thing that appealed to me about crochet was it's versatility - the ability to create a whole range of beautiful things using a few basic stitches.  I think this selection illustrates that.

     

   

   

Clockwise from top left:

Lovely, 20's inspired cloche hat from The Faraway Tree; Intricate, delicate wrap from The Water Gypsy's Creative Crochet; I love the colour of the crochet neck warmer from Eccentric Ella; A bright sunny lambswool corsage by Rebecca Surgery Knit & Crochet; Beautiful salmon pink throw from Tricot Treats by Helen Day; and crochet dinosaur toys, which my son really liked, from Ku-dom.

Hail to the Editor-in-Chief!

There's a great site - paper.li - where Twitter (and Facebook) users can publish their content as a newspaper.  You set the parameters, like who or what trends to include and how often you want to publish the paper, and the program will search through the content for external links, organise them into different categories, then arrange them all in a newspaper-style layout. And it's free!

Well, I decided to have a go myself, and thus "The Green Living Daily" was born!  The contributors to the paper come from my green living Twitter list, and it includes stories from across the globe about natural skincare, the environment, health, and shopping ethically and ecologically.  

Take a few minutes to have a read - there is some really interesting content.  You can also access the paper from the link at the bottom right of this blog. I'd love to know what you think.  And if you're on Twitter, connect with me @FairfieldGdns if you think you have relevant content and would like to be included as a contributor to the paper.   

Happy New Year!

A Happy New Year to you all!  

I hope that you enjoyed the Christmas break, and wish you happiness, success, good health and good times in 2011.