Hello and welcome to my post where I take a look back at my crochet adventures of 2023. I do find it so helpful to do a review of 2023. It always amazes me how fast I can forget what I’ve been up to as my brain quickly moves to what I’ve got to do next!

But before we get into the review I just want to start this post with a heartfelt thank you as we step into a new year together! As a one woman team it makes such a difference having such fabulous customers and lovely folks cheering me on – so a big thank you! ❤️ Now without further ado here are some of my personal highlights and favourite projects of the year!

January / February 2023

The culmination of a lot of work finally came together in a brand new crochet along for 2023 The Enchanted Wood Crochet along. Inspired by the woodlands, in which I love to walk and spend my time, the crochet along started on the 20 January 2023 and ran for 8 weeks ending on Friday 10 March 2023. As always it was completely wonderful to see folks of the crochet community come together to work on a blanket – and the finished blankets I’ve seen were stunning!

Although I love doing a CAL it is a lot of work, and life has been quite busy recently so I’m having a little break for this year. However there’s no saying a CAL won’t materialise again in the future, and all previous free CALS though can be found under the CALS and MALS tab if you are looking for a project to do at your own pace.

At the start of the year I was delighted to share some designs in Crochet Now magazine. There was Lola the Lovebug and the Peanuts Baby Loveys, which were a special treat to design. I also re-released one of my favourite patterns of the past, the Chevron Spectrum Wrap.

Although one of my favourite designs in February was the Malmsmead Mitts that I created with some new John Arbon 4ply yarn – I was really pleased with how they turned out.

March / April 2023

March / April was busy! There were three designs published in I Like Crochet Magazine; the Countryside Pillow, the Patchwork Puppy and the Bouquet Bobby Pins and Barrette set, and also the Clangers Soup Dragon in Crochet Now Magazine.

There was also the free Coronation British Bulldog for Woolbox and I released the free Dynami Cable earwarmer. In April I also released one of my textural favourites of the year, the Koito Crocodile Cowl made with some of the lovely yarn from The Yarn Whisperer.

May / June 2023

In May and June I finally got round to releasing another new mini crochet kit, the Love Gnome, which I thoroughly enjoyed creating. But I was carried away with Coronation fever in May with the release of a favourite design; Colin the Coronation Chicken!

July / August 2023

Another busy couple of months with lots of new designs! Alongside the Jardin de Fleur Blanket, for Crochet Now Magazine, I also created a Festive Ted and Magnus the Gnome for Your Crochet and Knitting Magazine. I was also delighted to create two new granny square designs for Simply Crochet magazine for Granny Square Day 2023.

But one of my favourites of this month was, without a doubt, the Festival Fade Shawl which was a special project created for lovely crochet friends at the Carry on Crafting Festival.

I love working with Hook and Cwtch yarns, the colours are always an absolute delight! I’m working with some more of her lovely yarn on a design at the moment which I’ll be excited to share with you at some point in 2024.

September / October 2023

The end of the summer saw one of my self-picked designs of the year! Kitey (aka The Yarn Whisperer) and I collaborated on our summer make-along, the Graceful Gull Shawlette. It’s a pattern I LOVED designing and was proud of how it turned out – the curve of the ‘wings’ was something I was particularly pleased with.

Of course it’s always a delight to create something with beautiful yarn and accessories! And I have further collabs to look forward to (hooray!) - Kitey and I already have some ideas lined up for summer and winter which are some of the things I’m looking forward to in 2024.

in October there was also the Halloween Snoopy I created for Crochet Now Magazine and three free Jungle Pal animals for Woolbox; Blue Rhino, Pink Elephant and Golden Monkey.

September also saw another of my favourite designs of the year, the Cat Bells Cowl. I love, love, love how the textured turned out for this cowl! Made with beautiful semi solid hand-dyed yarn from Rosie’s Moments it was a delight to work on. In fact I have two more ‘kindred’ cowls inspired by this one to share in 2024.

In October I also re-released my Pumpkin Pal Bib and shared another favourite mini crochet kit, Hero Hamster in my Etsy store alongside working on Percival the Party Pig for Crochet Now‘s 100th edition of the magazine.

November / December 2023

Which brings us quite quickly to the end of the year where I shared three new mini crochet kits, the Robin Christmas Tree Ornament, Christmas Pudding Tree Ornament and my favourite Mr. Mushroom Man, the latter of which sold out! He is all restocked for the re-opening of my Etsy shop this week.

It’s been such a busy year that I didn’t actually manage to finish very many personal projects this year (well I can’t think of any off the top of my head). Though I have managed to collect quite a few more works in progress (WIPs)! I certainly need to do a bit of a WIP purge for 2024 to try and clear the decks a little before starting anything else that’s brand new (wish me luck with that!).

What a fabulously crafty year it’s been! I’ve loved being involved in all the designs I’ve worked on this year, it’s all been rather creative! And of course there’s more to look forward to in 2024 from me. There will definitely be more amigurumi, home decor items and accessories that I’ll be sharing with you throughout the year, I’ve got plenty to keep my hooks busy!

I’d love to here about what you’ve finished in 2024, or what you are looking forward to making in 2024 – drop me a comment below.

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

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