RAINBOW HARE

Keep Calm and Break Things…

I’d hate for you to think that I’m one those irritating people who comes along citing silly proverbs about breaking eggs when they know quite well you had no intention of making an omelette… But this is a post in praise of the breaking of things. I don’t know about you but I find breaking […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 50 (New Clothes and Old Wool)

Welcome to the 50th Wool on Sundays! This week I have made some new clothes – Purl has a new dress and scarf and Knit has a new jumper and scarf (though, unfortunately they are both still going barefoot and Knit has mislaid his trousers). And, I can finally introduce you to ‘Old Wool’. Old […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 49 (A Year of Yarn)

1. frilly crochet cushion, 2. knitted cowl, 3. felted mittens, 4. improv crochet bag 2, 5. simple stripes cardigan, 6. colourful crochet shawl, 7. circular crochet cushion 2, 8. crochet rainbow blanket, 9. upcycled heep 2, 10. Icelandic cardigan, 11. improv crochet bag 1, 12. simple cardi, 13. The unpopular one!, 14. circular cushion 1, […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 48 (A Finish and a Winner!)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 48 and, I hope, to a new year of weekly yarn posts! Thank you very much for all the kind comments last week and thank you to everyone who linked up :) The shawl is finished! And the winner is drawn! Congratulations to Teresa from Crafty Bags who said: […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Granny Square’s Hair – A Picture Tutorial

The threads mark the centre of the face (the horizontal thread is the eyeline). The pin marks centre point for hair. Crochet chain pinned to mark hairline (front) Crochet chain pinned to mark hairline (back) Stitch crochet chain to head Stitch a loop under the place the bun will go with […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 47 (What would you choose?)

Image from the Graphics Fairy Welcome to Wool on Sundays 47! To celebrate one year of Wool on Sundays and to say thank you to everyone who has supported this weekly series, this week we are going to have a small giveaway…but what to give away? I know some of you would be happy with […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Bad Hair Day!

Bad Hair Day! I’m sure if you look at my Lily’s Vardo inspiration Page on pinterest you’ll understand. It started very innocuously with a little flash of an idea for a circus themed Granny Square story and then one pin led to another and before I knew what was happening I was obsessed with the […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 46 (A Year Tomorrow!)

A Start! Welcome to Wool on Sundays 46! I just wondered about this and checked back and can you believe that tomorrow we will have had a year of Wool on Sundays? I see that, in my first Wool on Sundays post, I wrote: Instead, I’ve decided to start WOOL ON SUNDAYS. From Monday to Saturday each […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 45 (big plans and a small beginning)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 45! I’m sorry to report a week of virtually no progress. I decided to try making a poufe with my ex-cowl from last week but I haven’t begun it yet and, as you can see, my latest attempt at a colourful shawl hasn’t got very far. At the moment we […]