crafty bits and pieces

So i have been wanting to make another rug out of tarn, But i want to make a circular one this time so i thought i would try my hand at crocheting one. however i could not find a crochet hook big enough around here and didn't want to order one o the net. So what's a girl to do?

I read a post once where someone had whittled there own so i thought i would give it a go. I found a nice fat stick in the backyard and armed with a sharp kitchen knife, a piece of emery cloth, and no whittling know-how at all i went to work.

And here is the finished result!



Not bad for someone with no experience hey?

Also i joined a quilt block a month activity over on the ravelry group from trash to tresure I don't have a sewing machine, and i am not the best hand sewer so the lines are a little wonky, but i am quite proud of the result!

It will be made in different shades of pink and yellow for my daughter.