Advent Day 4…. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat Facts

1. Angkor Wat is said to be the world’s largest single religious monument and is situated in the ancient ruins of a city, Angkor.

2. Visitors reach 2 million… ANNUALLY, quite literally not one to be missed.

3. The main temple was built around 1150 ad. It is based on Hindu cosmology, with the central towers representing Mount Meru, home of the gods; the outer walls, the mountains enclosing the world; and the moat, the oceans beyond.

Hello day 4 colourway!

Ohhhh this one is special! It’s a cheeky little pastel soft rainbow vibe delicious number!

The sky in this image was just divine and I had so much fun pulling colours for this. We have lavender blues through pinky peach and soft oranges, they head into lime yellow and then sand… and all the way back!

I can’t cope with how much I love it! Hope you’ve had a fun weekend and managed some craft and chill time in this chaotic season!

Check out the granny for the layout of the colours when worked up (scroooooooll!)

Day 5 tomorrow 🤯 where will we go next?!

Xxx Jess

Advent Day 3…. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Ha Long Bay fact! Just the one as today we have a local legend too!!

The bay consists of a dense cluster of around 1,600 limestone islands! Each is topped with thick jungle vegetation which makes the area literally lush. ahaa!

According to local legend, when Vietnam started to develop into a country, the Vietnamese people had to defend against a bunch of invaders. To assist them, the gods sent a family of dragons (long) as protectors. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade(how fabulous), which turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linked together they formed a great wall and protection against invaders. Legends say numerous rock mountains abruptly appeared on the sea, infront of invaders’ ships; the front of the fleets struck the rocks and then bumped into the other ships capsizing them etc. After winning the battle, the dragons remained, interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth, and then decided to live in this bay.

How cool, so happy I got to mention dragons in the advent 😆😆😆

I adore this fade colourway, it dips from stunning blue through green to the bright sandy yellow shores and back!! It mirrors the inspiration image perfectly with so many colours all in one. LOVE!

How are we on day three already?! You can see the collection growing down below! If you scroll all the way down you’ll spy the granny square in this colourway – however, as I had the yarn dud – it’s not as vibrant as yours will be! The joys of seconds for me!

Where next?!?!?! Any guesses?

On to day 4…

xxx Jess

Advent Day 2…. Waitomo Glow Worm Caves, New Zealand

Glow Cave facts!

  1. The image comes from the underground Waitomo River where the only light comes from the tiny glowworms creating a sky of living lights.
  2. The name “Waitomo” comes from the Maori words wai, water and tomo, hole or shaft.
  3. Tourists have been visiting these caves to see the ambient glow from the worms for over a century!

This colourway was beyond fun to dye! A beautiful movement in colour from dark teal with navy speckles through to vivid glowing green. Splashes of turquoise and emerald to give this yarn its full body. You’ll have to scroll all the way down to see how stunning it is when made into a granny square!

Just look at the blue greens in the minis! I cant get enough of this colourway.

So folkes! Day 2, what do you think? Are we all buying a ticket to New Zealand or what?!

Excited for day 3!!!!!! Where on earth am I jetting us off to next?!

xxx Jess

Advent Day 1…. Cinque Terre, Italy

The inspiration photo 📸

A few Cinque Terre facts,

  1. Cinque Terre is mentioned in documents dating to the 11th century.
  2. It means five lands and is comprised of 5 villages : Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore.
  3. The 2021 Disney/Pixar film Luca was set in the fictional town of Portorosso, on the Italian Riviera, placed west of Corniglia on a fictional map. Portorosso was inspired by and modeled after Cinque Terre!

GUYS!!! It’s day 1… finally!!

So here we are on the first day trip on the adventure, we are heading to Italy to the beautiful Cinque Terre. The beautifully coloured cliff side terraces with the gorgeous natural rock and sea was just too beautiful to ignore.

So here it is, the first colourway completly inspired by the absouluty breathtaking Cinque Terre. Full of splashes of colour pulled from the warm tones of the houses, earthy notes taken from the cliff edge and the blue hues that represents the sea that linked the villages. Did you know that the villages are not easily reached by car? The closes road ends a km away!

So have I convinced you to visit yet?! I want to visit one day for sure! Scroll all the way down for the granny square sample!

Where do you think we will be heading to tomorrow?! So excited!

xxx Jess

Pack your bags, ADVENTures afoot!

IT’S TOMORROW!!! This is yours boarding call for….

I cant believe that we are just about to start the adventure in yarn that I started to plan back in January. What a year it has been for hook and cwtch!! I want to quickly say thank you all for this year, h&c has grown so much and had a glow up and its all down to you guys my lovely customers and friends. Huge love for you all!!! Anyway… shall we get back to ADVENT!

This gorgeous advent is a journey around the globe to some pretty epic locations, some that I have visted but so many more that are on my bucket list! I’m so ecxited that I can finally share these with you all!! You are all welcome on board even if you dont have the advent, you can journey with us through the discovery of a new location and colourway each day!!

So here is the low down, everyday at 8pm I will be posting the inspiration on social media and a blog with the inspiration image, the dye pan and spoilers of the yarn dyed to compliment the location of that day. I wont share the extras until day 24 as they can be opened whenever!! All 10 of them in the full advent!!!

I dont know if you can tell but I am rather excited! the extra exclamation marks maybe a giveaway.

As this is my first advent I have kept a set just for myself and have made a crochet square for each colourway for you to see just how stunning the colourway looks worked up (and to encourage you to use the yummy minis!!)

I have chosen to make a Celosia jumper by Expression Fibre arts and I will in the later half of the advent start to share this with you as I have ordered them differently to the advent days, and at the end of advent I will share the order that I am using them for a pretty epic fade! Have you got any ideas for your minis?

Dont panic if not, I will share some on instagram and save them to a highlights reel for easy reference!!

So last thing before tomorrow… A SNEAK PEEK eeeeeee!

See you tomorrow!!

Xxx Jess