Easter Fun in Dorset

We spent a few days in Dorset in the Easter Holidays enjoying the fresh sea air and sunshine….

Staying at a lovely chalet at Eype, walking over the cliffs to West Bay with our dog, enjoying Fish & Chips, admiring the jaunty brightly coloured boats and going crabbing down at the harbour, a spot of knitting (I’m knitting Stainsby in granite & garnet from the Rowan Yarns Alpaca Colour book – that yarn is so soft!), a spot of reading – anyone else enjoyed reading The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes?), making campfires with driftwood down on the beach and toasting marshmallows (sandwiched in between chocolate digestive biscuits – yum!), eating wood fired oven pizza at our favourite café down on the beach – The Watch House Café and Purbeck Icecream, paddling in the sea, admiring the pretty beach huts at Lyme Regis and munching fantastic pain au chocolat with fresh coffee at the Town Mill Bakery.  Thanks for joining me XX

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing all of my lovely readers a Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year! Enjoy the holidays! xx

Quick Crafty Make: Holiday Crochet Twirling Stick

Inspired by the fun crepe paper streamers on sticks that I made with some friends children for the Craft Tent at a recent camping trip:

We decide to make some holiday crochet twirlers:

Just half treble a strip of yarn in the colours of your choice, attach securely to a garden cane:

And have fun twirling in the garden!

Enjoy! xx

Postcards from Dorset

Our holiday home for the week in the little village of Loders in West Dorset:

Gorgeous hydrangeas in the village – I couldn’t resist taking some photos of these!:

Relaxing morning walks with our dogs along the nearby disused railway track:

Dorset Sheep:

Wildflowers:

Making crocheted pebble cosies (see some tips and a link to a great tutorial at the end of this post):

The perfect beach day at Burton Bradstock (my fave beach and home of the wonderful Hive Beach Café):

Beach crochet in Rowan’s handknit cotton’s best seaside colours (a square from the Made with Loops Homely Blanket Quest):

Paddling and having fun in the waves:

Beach windmills at the Hive Beach Ice Cream Parlour:

An awesome evening trip to Eggardon Hill Iron Age Hill Fort:

Amazing 360 degree view of the county:

Gorgeous views of the countryside in the evening light:

Walking back along the footpath from Eggardon Hill:

Finishing my crocheted scarf made using Rowan Kidsilk Haze Glamour and a pattern from Churchmouse Yarns (more about this in another post):

Driving though the village of Wool (great name for a yarn addict!) on the way to Lulworth Cove:

Purbeck Ice creams at beautiful Lulworth Cove:

Looking down at the famous Durdle Door from the cliff tops:

Admiring the jaunty boats at West Bay:

Super scrummy wood-fired pizza at the amazing Watch House Café:

A spot of evening mackerel fishing:

Beautiful evening light down at West Bay:

Dorset Cream Tea at Mangerton Water Mill:

Sweet little ducklings discovered by the lake at the water mill:

And free range hens:

A trip to West Dorset wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the wonderful Bridport Yarn, where some small purchases were made (more about this in a later post)!

A little bit of knitting with a morning coffee in the garden:

Something sweet for the journey home!

Goodbye Dorset, we’ll visit you again soon!

If you’re interested in making your own pebble cosies, there is a great tutorial here.  Alternatively you can just crochet your own motif, measure it against the pebble to ensure that it is roughly the same size using increases to adjust the fit, place the pebble inside, then decrease in, gathering the cosy around your pebble.

Happy Holidays! x