Crafts We Love: Top 5 Crafts To Try This Week

 

Each week we will be bringing you a selection of our pick of the crafts. From knitting to crochet, sewing to quilting, paper crafts to decoupage and more, there are a whole host of new projects just waiting to be discovered! After all, you can’t have too many projects on the go at once, can you?

 

The ideal project for the beginner or the experienced crocheter alike, this hot water bottle kit by is just the thing for this time of the year. Containing yarn, buttons, hook, needle and instruction sheet to create your own hot water bottle cover, this kit is excellent value for money at only £8. The Get Crafty Crochet Hot Water Bottle Kit is available from Hobbycraft.

 

Cosy evenings await once you’ve completed this fabulous lap quilt. Comprising a simple brickwork design you’ll have it made up and ready for snuggling under in no time at all. The kit contains a PDF quilt pattern and 23 quarters of fabric from the Botanique range. Buy the Joel Dewberry Lazy Lap Quilt Kit from the Hobby Warehouse for £55.99.

 

Now everyone will remember the rules of the house with this counted cross stitch kit. Containing 16 count Aida fabric, threads, needles, alphabet chart and instructions, it completes to a finished size of 13″ x 7″. House Rules Cross Stitch Kit is available from Stitch Craft Create for only £17.96.

 

Not just for eggs, this basket can be used for a number of things. Containing everything you need to make your very own traditional egg basket, this kit is available in a variety of shapes, styles, material and colours. The Traditional Egg Basket Kit is available from Create and Craft TV.

 

 

Finally, it’s the ad that everyone is talking about and now you can recreate it with your very own knitted Monty and Mabel penguins. This kit contains the pattern, yarn, needles, and tapestry thread for your love birds. Buy your Monty and Mabel Knitted Penguin Kit from John Lewis (£25.00).