Welcome to Loopy Mabel - New Beginnings

Hello and thank you for coming over to visit me and my little space on the internet. Whether you found me via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or just from word of mouth I am so happy you have joined me on my new adventure into the world of blogging.

Loopy Mabel is all about my love of crochet and making and creating beautiful items to wear for baby, toddler and pretty mama and useful but pretty accessories for the home. Mixed with my love for vintage style and of days gone by.

I have always been creative right from the early age of 6 when my mum tried patiently to teach me to knit..... she gave up eventually as nothing she said was going in.... so she passed me onto my Nana who became my teacher!!!! I loved looking through her vintage knitting patterns and hoped one day to create items for myself from them. This spurred me on and not being one to give up ..... I practiced and practised and continued on and was so thrilled with my first ever completed project .... a scarf!!!! It was a scarf in the loose sense of the word ...... it was holy and uneven with lots of dropped stitches ...... but that didn't bother me I was so thrilled.

This was the start of my love of creating with wool and I would knit every night after school until I perfected the simple 'garter stitch'.

I continued to knit when I got married and I would make at least one project a week ..... my wardrobe was so colourful and I had a cardigan or jumper in every colour!!! Although I loved knitting I also wanted to try crochet which I had never even thought about. Unfortunately neither my mum or Nana could crochet so they couldn't teach me. Not being put off by this I borrowed a book out of the library and taught myself. I was hooked .... pardon the pun..... and have been crocheting since.

I began making items for my granddaughter and orders soon came from mums at her nursery when they saw the pretty outfits she was wearing. always with a vintage twist and muted old fashioned colours.

Hattie Flower Headband

This then snowballed and Loopy Mabel Vintage Style Crochet was born. 

I do hope you will join me on my journey and ramblings of crochet, yarn, buttons and pretty things.

Jayne

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