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Busy Mummy's craft corner Hi, I’m Andrea 💗 The creative brain behind Busy Mummy’s Craft corner. Original designs, crafty chaos & lots of coffee ☕

Crochet addict, maker & teacher, creating crochet, personalised gifts, digital designs & stationery.

🍂 AUTUMN CROCHET WORKSHOP 🍂Fancy spending a cosy autumn afternoon crocheting, chatting and creating your very own pumpki...
05/09/2026

🍂 AUTUMN CROCHET WORKSHOP 🍂

Fancy spending a cosy autumn afternoon crocheting, chatting and creating your very own pumpkin? 🎃🧶

Join me at Stuff so Lovely for my Crochet Pumpkin Workshop:

🍁 Saturday 17th October
⏰ 1.30pm–3.30pm
💷 £25 per person
🧶 All materials and pattern included

This workshop is not suitable for complete beginners, so you’ll need a basic knowledge of crochet stitches.

And of course, there’ll be plenty of tea, coffee, cake and crafty chatter along the way! ☕🍰

If you’d like to book, please contact me directly. A £7 non-refundable deposit will secure your place, with the remaining balance payable before the workshop. 🧡

Spaces are limited, so be quick!

📍 Stuff so Lovely, Silversprings Garden Centre, Fontley Road, Fareham, PO15 6QX

🐔 #07 — YARN CHICKEN🧶 DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #07Forget Formula 1.Forget extreme sports.Nothing gets the heart...
04/09/2026

🐔 #07 — YARN CHICKEN

🧶 DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #07

Forget Formula 1.

Forget extreme sports.

Nothing gets the heart racing quite like…

6 STITCHES LEFT.
8CM OF YARN. 😳🧶

Welcome to YARN CHICKEN. 🐔😂

Suddenly you’re crocheting faster as though that’s somehow going to create more yarn.

Nobody speak.

Nobody move.

NOBODY BREATHE.

I’ve got this. 😳

And when you finish with 2cm left?

🏆 OLYMPIC. GOLD.

The feeling of achievement is completely disproportionate to what has actually happened. 🤣😂

Come on then…

Have you ever WON yarn chicken — or are we not ready to talk about it? 👀

🇬🇧🇺🇸 #06 — UK vs US CROCHET🧶 DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #06Congratulations! 🎉You’ve learned your crochet stitches...
02/09/2026

🇬🇧🇺🇸 #06 — UK vs US CROCHET

🧶 DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #06

Congratulations! 🎉

You’ve learned your crochet stitches.

You know your double crochet.
You know your treble.

You’re feeling pretty pleased with yourself…

Then you download an American pattern.

AND APPARENTLY YOU KNOW NOTHING. 🤣😂

🇬🇧 UK double crochet = 🇺🇸 US single crochet
🇬🇧 UK treble = 🇺🇸 US double crochet

Same hook.
Same yarn.
Different names.

ABSOLUTE CROCHET CHAOS. 😂🧶

So here’s today’s little tip:

👉 Before starting a pattern, ALWAYS check whether it’s written in UK or US terminology.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s started crocheting before checking… 👀😂

🐸 #05 — Why do crocheters FROG?DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #05Have you ever heard a crocheter say…“I had to frog t...
31/08/2026

🐸 #05 — Why do crocheters FROG?
DID YOU KNOW? — CROCHET EDITION #05

Have you ever heard a crocheter say…

“I had to frog the whole thing.” 🐸

No actual frogs are involved. 😂

Frogging simply means undoing your crochet.

And why do we call it frogging?

Because you rip it, rip it… ribbit, ribbit. 🤣🐸

The worst bit? Realising the mistake you made 12 rows ago and sitting there wondering whether you can just pretend you haven’t seen it. 👀

Spoiler: once you’ve seen it, YOU CAN’T UNSEE IT.

Come on crocheters… what’s the most you’ve ever had to frog?

#04 — Starting chainsHands up if your first ever crochet chain was so tight you could practically use it as a tow rope....
30/08/2026

#04 — Starting chains

Hands up if your first ever crochet chain was so tight you could practically use it as a tow rope. 😂

One of the most common things I see when teaching beginners is starting chains that are far too tight.

And then comes:

“Andrea, I can’t get my hook in!”

Relax those hands, loosen that tension and give that poor hook somewhere to go. 😂

Crochet is supposed to be relaxing… although I’m not sure anyone told the starting chain.

What did YOU struggle with most when you first learned to crochet?

#03 — Crochet is secretly mathsApparently I don’t like maths…Yet here I am:🧶 counting stitches🧶 calculating repeats🧶 me...
27/08/2026

#03 — Crochet is secretly maths

Apparently I don’t like maths…

Yet here I am:

🧶 counting stitches
🧶 calculating repeats
🧶 measuring
🧶 working out increases
🧶 checking gauge
🧶 counting again because somebody SPOKE TO ME 😂

So basically…

Crochet is maths disguised as a relaxing hobby.

Although I’m still not entirely convinced that counting the same row six times counts as being good at maths. 🤣

Anyone else suddenly become a mathematician when the crochet comes out?

#02 — Just one more rowEvery crocheter has told this lie…“I’ll just do ONE more row.”One row becomes two.Two becomes fi...
26/08/2026

#02 — Just one more row

Every crocheter has told this lie…

“I’ll just do ONE more row.”

One row becomes two.
Two becomes five.

Suddenly it’s midnight, you’ve started another ball of yarn and Netflix is asking:

“Are you still watching?”

YES NETFLIX.
I’m crocheting. Leave me alone. 😂🧶

Tell me I’m not the only one… what do you watch or listen to while you crochet?

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