The House of Langford Podcast Episode 57 ~ May: Did I lose my Crojo?

Hello and welcome back to the channel and if you're new here, then hello and welcome. My name is Maddison and this is my monthly podcast about all the crafty things I get up to each month.
As ever you can find me over on Instagram as @TheHouseOfLangford and @OverillSews, I'm also on Ravelry as @madxstitcher. If you would like to support this podcast, with donations going towards fuel for creating more tutorials, editing fees and giveaway prizes, here is my Ko-Fi account. Don't worry it's totally anonymous! ko-fi.com/mlangford​
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Looking back over May, it's been a stressful month with soooo much packing going on that I feel like I lost my Crochet mojo a little and just didn't work on anything as much as I would have hoped, but made the effort to create a T-Rex for a super cute little boy. I've made the last move of all my craft stuff as well as things like photos, artwork, fragile bits and bobs this month too, so now it's just a matter of clearing out my flat and packing up the last of my essentials to keep me going till August.
May Plans:
~ Finish Triceratops
~ Finish Roloway monkey
~ Last pieces for Imaginists box 18 make
~ Finish Green turtle
Finishes / FOs:
~Victoria the Triceratops - ‪@TOFT_uk‬ DK in Steel, pattern from the TOFT Quarterly magazine all on Dinosaurs
~ Gregor the T-Rex - pattern from the TOFT Quarterly magazine all on Dinosaurs, yarn used is Stylecraft Special Chunky in Lime
~ Imaginists entry - TOFT Imaginists club subscription box 18, 150g of TOFT wool, 100g in Sand, 25g Mushroom, and 25g Cocoa on a 3mm hook, my fairy now has wings from the bonus patterns. I thought this might have made it to Scotland with me but it's still here in Essex so you get to see it again
~ Dodgy bag using a piece of triaxal weaving in pinks #dodgybagmal24
Works In Progress / WIPs:
~ Sal the Roloway monkey - TOFT conservationists box, all pieces now made and ready to be sewn up
~ Sawyer the Ghariel - TOFT dyeclub box
~ Crochet test Froctopus - pattern by Rocque Bowen (CrochetedGarb) on Etsy, using Stylecraft Special Aran
~ Caron X Pantone - Granny square blanket has all the tiny 1 round grannies all crocheted together using the join as you go method in Stylecraft Special Aran with Wool in Off white.
~ Snowflake Beret - own pattern, using 2 colours to show the pattern detail, using Chunky Superwash Merino from ‪@thelittlegreygirluk‬
Acquisitions:
~ TOFT Centralisers subscription box with Alice the Zebra stitch marker
~ Dodgy bag pins from Ali of ‪@LittleDropsofWonderful‬
To purchase your own, please visit the below links, remember that the sparkly ones are being sold for charity:
Cream: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DropsOfW...
Sparkly: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3153854326...
May Plans:
~ Complete Sal the Roloway monkey
~ Work on Sawyer the Ghariel
~ Work on 'Postcards with Love' blanket
~ Make some turtles
Thanks for watching, please do let me know what your favourite makes are for this month! And if you liked this content, please like and subscribe to help me reach new people like yourselves :)
~ Maddison x
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[@gemmamills5982]

Finally catching up on your videos. The imagination creations are so gorgeous and I love the contrast on your hats. I'm right there with you with the yarn thing. Amazing how a house move puts stashes into perspective 😂

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Thank you, I've been enjoying the imaginist boxes but not sure how long I can continue with them. And I've been wanting to do the two tone berets since i designed the snowflake pattern lol. It really does! Because I couldn't see it all before, I was oblivious to what I had but now that it's all visible its going to make working so much easier and I 🤞 won't be buying so much.

[@sambrown1234]

I love the beret

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Thank you so much Sam x I can't wait to see how it looks when it's finished

[@knittingbooksetc.2810]

The triceratops is lovely. I need the dinosaurs magazine really badly.

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

I'm so glad I picked it up at The Stitch Festival in March. I've been eyeing it up since I saw it!

[@sarahmiddle5028]

I love your amigarumi makes, they are so cute. You probably know already but you can buy a cheap pillow and use the filling for stuffing, very cost effective. Hope the last stages of the move go well

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Hi Sarah, I do love working on Amigurumi pieces, the gratification when I finish one is so wonderful that I can't stop crocheting them. I've managed to pick up a bag of stuffing, not sure why but I don't like using pillow stuffing unless I have a huuuuuge piece to stuff lol.

[@michellepiazza7698]

I really like the Toft subscriptions. How about Mamie for the creature's name? Looking forward to the pictures of your new space. Funny but I also have a cross stitch piece (5 panels that make up the nativity) that I need to soak, press and get framed. It's been on my to do list for over 15 years - see there's this small rust spot...- point is, my suggestion is to do Dad's gift first ❤

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Thank you Michelle, Mamie is a lovely name x whilst sorting stuff for the move I found a whole bunch of finished cross stitch pieces that need washing and framing, as well as a couple of pieces that just need the finishing touches on too. Thinking they will be some of the first things I sort out once I'm fully moved 😃

[@sambrown1234]

Will you be doing the next rosina cal?

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Not this time around I'm afraid as I still need to finish the 'on the seashore' and 'postcards with love' so I've banned myself from starting anymore blankets

[@sambrown1234]

Since when has a ban ever stopped you lol

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

haha, yeah I might buy the pattern but I have no business making it yet or buying the yarn for it when I have a room filled with yarn...