The Little House of Happiness
Craft Emporium
I only started to crochet in 2014 when I was living in the Falkland Islands and there isn’t the variety of things to do that you get in the UK. It’s a very down-to-earth way of life and traditional crafts and skills are a major part of the way of life on the Islands. We spent 2 years living there because I was in the military and I was posted there - the whole family came. It was like living in a David Attenborough series with the wildlife and during a visit to Bleaker Island a friend asked if anyone wanted to learn to crochet. They were making poppies for Remembrance and needed as many as possible to sell and raise money for the Royal British Legion. And that was it, I was hooked and my love for crochet started. The journey from there to where I am now (via a bit of TV work too) is definitely one for chatting about over a coffee and some cake.
The Little House of Happiness Craft Emporium was created to provide ready to go kits for crafty projects. Ideal for a new project for you or as a gift for someone else. Here, you're not just buying more yarn for the yarn stash, or aspirational dreams of one day doing that pattern. Buying a kit means you have everything you need to hand and that means it's more likely to get finished! Although I sell knitting kits too (and hopefully felting and macramé too in the future) crochet is my true love.
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I describe crocheting as fancy knotting. You use a hook and yarn and each stitch is about wrapping the yarn around the hook once, twice, three times to change the length of a stitch, linking stitches together, leaving gaps. It’s different to knitting, it only uses one hook and usually completes one stitch at a time, unlike knitting where you have 2 needles and can have a ridiculous amount of stitches on the go all at once. You make a mistake in knitting and it’s a lot of work to rectify it. I find crochet much more forgiving of mistakes. That’s probably one of the reasons it really appeals – because I make so many!
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My son Jonah learnt to crochet when he was 8, so I also don’t accept the excuse that it’s too hard. If an 8 year old, with the attention span of an 8 year old who loves NERF, Play Station, football etc can do it, then anyone can! We hope to develop this site to offer 'how to' videos, we love feedback too, so please get in touch and tell us what you think of our kits. We hope to develop your feedback into a page to let others know what you think of the kits we sell and showcase your projects. So please stay in touch.
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Lots of Love,
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Claire xx
Do What Makes You Happy
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