The Sloth's Cavern

25/10/2026

🫐🧺"𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒂𝒍… 𝑩𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆" ; 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘 1-𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 2🧺🫐
Part 2 is now done and that included a border of berries surrounding the gingham central panel. Berries were simple to add, all in all a quick and fun part of the first week, with quite a few ands to weave in, but I do that as I go anyway.

24/10/2026

Hello,
The "Perfect Picnic" Blanket CAL has started and I am doing the "Picnic By The Seaside" version, in lovely blues! Here is Part 1 of week 1 done, the central panel of the blanket using three of the colours to create the very distinctive gingham pattern, using the Tunisian Entrelac technique. First time trying out the Tunisian crochet, I got on with it really well and quite enjoyed it. I might need to look a bit more into this technique in the future.

23/10/2026

Big thanks to Artisan Hats & Crafts Studio for including my sailboat gift box in this lovely, seaside themed Folksy Friday Board! Anyone else missing summer already? 😆

Happy FolksyFriday everyone! Has the storm hit where you are today? Let's not allow the bad weather to affect our moods today, wear a smile 😁
Todays theme for me is the seaside, always brings back fond childhood memories of simple holidays and family fun. I have to say that making eight choices for my board was full of difficulty as the wealth of seaside themed items was overwhelming, so perhaps I'll carry this theme onto next week?
As you can see, a wealth of talent and products, all handcrafted in the UK. Please take time to visit Folksy.com , like myself I'm sure you'll be stuck for choice 😅
So let's begin, starting at the top in a clockwise direction we have...

It's a boy, boat gift box Sloth's Cavern

A beach hut card Pink Cards

A Gower inspired coastal shadow box Blue Crafts

A nautical themed bucket hat Hats and Crafts Studio

Lighthouse crochet art by Louisa

A needle felt beach seaside picture and Berry Textile Art

Beach huts small clutch bags your lips handmade bags & more

A seaside chip pinching seagull necklace Jewellery

I hope thinking of the seaside and holidays brightens up your day. Looking around Folksy.com for something unique for a gift certainly will, take care 🙂

13/10/2026

Started my Xmas card orders yesterday, working with the "Festive Joy" collection from Hunkydory. This one is from the "New Year, New Beginnings" topper set and I only used just the side panel of the cardstock with these beautiful snowdrops, along with the matching toppers. It happened that I also had matching papers (of course 😁) for my layers, and I couldn't resist adding some white colour drops for the falling snow ❄. The rest of the cardstock gave me a large 8x8 card, which is getting ready for the sh0p 😊

12/10/2026

Good morning,
I have been a bit quiet while working on a second pumpkin spice blanket, this time for the sh0p. I will probably miss the "pumpkin" season by the time it is ready, but decided to make it now instead of waiting for next year, as I still remember all the good tips from the 1st time. Also had my first xmas orders as well, and starting another blanket crochet along in 10 days time, so things are going to be super busy for a while! 😁I will try to post a bit more often here, but I am quite dreadful at it as you probably have noticed already 😆

02/10/2026

Had a great evening yesterday at the haberdashery event in Elphicks Farnham, cup of coffee, tea & biscuits while browsing all the goodies for me & my daughter, pizza & a game of darts for the boys of the family who had to hang around for a couple of hours. We got a few goodies, (only the yarn is mine 😆) and the evening came to an end with a little surprise for my daughter as she won one of the raffle prizes. it's becoming a little tradition for us now, and we are already looking forward for next year's event!

21/09/2026

Are unicorns real? They certainly have their audience, and can certainly be magical, real or not! If you are lucky to know one of their devoted fans who also happens to have their birthday soon, then I might have the perfect card for them! The path to check it out will be in the comments 🦄

19/09/2026

Did some needle felting with my daughter the other night, we are both quite rubbish at it but we always have so much fun! This time we made (or tried very hard to) mouse Christmas decorations. Totally worth the effort! 🐭🤣

18/09/2026

Did anybody say "yarn delivery?" 😁 Saw the new CAL from Scheepjes and I couldn't resist! In 6 colourways, but the blues had me straight away, ordered the kit yesterday morning and already delivered today, now I just need to wait until 21st Oct to start... surely I can do that, right? 😆

17/09/2026

New crochet coasters are now available in "The Sloth's Cavern", in grass green. To protect your table while you are enjoying your favourite drink, hot or cold. To find out more about them, please check the path in the comments.