Looking back at 2011 – Purple flower brooches with mauve lace and pearl jumper

purple fabric and pearl brooches

Purple fabric and pearl brooches

handmade purple flower brooch back

I pinned a safety pin to felt and stitched it into the back of the flower

mauve knitted lace pattern jumper with pearl detail

I knitted a mauve jumper in a lace design with pearl detail design

mauve knitted jumper with purple fabric brooch

My brooch looks nice with my jumper

Click here for a small tutorial for making the brooches

(They also sell some lovely fabrics 🙂 )

Looking back on 2011 – Sometimes you just want to try out techniques

blue and yellow crochet flower

A simple crochet flower can be used as an embellishment to clothing or homewares or just attach a pin and you have a summery brooch

mossy green knit

Sometimes you just want to try out a pattern or yarn for ideas - this didn't work. The good thing about knitting is you can just undo it and use the yarn for a new project 🙂