{"id":288,"date":"2020-07-27T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsgbcrochet.co.uk\/?p=288"},"modified":"2020-07-27T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T12:28:50","slug":"toft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsgbcrochet.co.uk\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"TOFT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I became aware of Toft back in 2017 when I was gifted the Edward\u2019s Imaginarium<\/a> book for my birthday (thank you, you know who you are \ud83d\ude18) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d also seen them at many knitting and stitching shows that I have attended. To be honest I was never particularly impressed with them and thought their crochet to be a bit messy. However, over lockdown my opinion of the company has completely changed, mostly in part to Instagram and an anonymous gift I received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerry Lord the founder of Toft is very active on Instagram, I have been following the company since I started my public account MrsGBcrochet<\/a> last month (so not very long in the grand scheme of things considering I\u2019ve had a private account for 10 years!) She, or her marketing crew, are excellent at showing off their designs, subscription choices, alpacas and beautiful yarn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The box<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On the 25th of June I came home from the opticians to a Toft box waiting for me. I had no ideas as to what was inside. I opened it up to be greeted by the most glorious hand dyed yarn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some delightful person had ordered the Ed\u2019s Dye Club subscription box for me. All these weeks on I still have no idea who it was! I balled up the skein of yarn and sat down to make the leafy sea dragon pattern that was in the box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The yarn<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It took me a few weeks due to making it in 5 minute sections when the kids weren\u2019t demanding my attention, or I wasn\u2019t setting work for my students or in meetings. The yarn is an absolute delight to work with, crocheting up beautifully the effect made from the dying process just stunning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piper the leafy sea dragon was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The leafy sea dragon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed making her so much, I still have Sydney to do, that I went searching for what I could do next…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the summer competition was announced…well of course I had to take part!! Choosing the colours was a nightmare! I went back and forth picking every combination under the sun until I decided to go with the colours I most enjoy, picking charcoal and orange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bag<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I waited as patiently as I could for it to arrive. As soon as it got here I was off! Again sitting making Otis whilst the children were busy playing or watching a film (I may have suggested popcorn and a film so I could crochet undisturbed!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ready to stuff and sew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Another fabulous pattern, the texture on the shell is superb. I sewed a magnet in between the foot and body so he could stick to metal without fear of him dropping in a puddle! He is currently residing on the fridge checking out my Periodic Table magnets. I am really looking forward to getting out and taking some photos of him posting some snail mail. This morning I started making another one with the left over yarn \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Otis the Cuban Land Snail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can order your own Otis kit here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have even ordered the Twixmas<\/a> CAL currently advertised (not the advent make as I have a different one on order, but you never know for next year!) It\u2019s a bird, but that\u2019s the only information given so far! AND my daughter told me she needed me to make her a bird so the Edward\u2019s Menagerie Bird <\/a>book is on it\u2019s way. There has been a complete shift in my thinking of Toft, not something that often happens, however I am willing to admit that my first impressions were wrong. I\u2019ve really enjoyed the two projects I have done in the last few weeks and see many more Toft adventures in the future. I must apologise to Kerry and co. for my initial reactions and praise their use of social media without which I would still be in the dark about how fab their creations actually are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can help support my yarn habit using the affiliated links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward\u2019s Imaginarium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward\u2019s Menagerie Birds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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