Cosy Creations by Phoebe

Cosy Creations by Phoebe Welcome to Cosy Creations. Let's spread the joy of handmade goodness together!

We're a small craft business specialising in knitted, crochet and personalised items that are perfect for adding a cosy touch to your wardrobe or home or gifting to loved ones.

Last weekend Mum had a trip across the Humber to Beverley in East Yorkshire.It was the Saturday market which even has it...
24/09/2026

Last weekend Mum had a trip across the Humber to Beverley in East Yorkshire.

It was the Saturday market which even has its own street sign. The market seems really popular and the whole town was busy. Mum made contact with a local coffee roaster hopefully they may have some sacks available for recycling. She also brought some beeswax stips and some lovely cheeses.

It's a beautiful place to visit.

Rag rug part 5 of the series.What we have learned during our make so far.1. Do your seams first, stitch them in place. 2...
22/09/2026

Rag rug part 5 of the series.

What we have learned during our make so far.
1. Do your seams first, stitch them in place.
2. If you can get any coffee sacks they make an ideal backing to hook on too.
3. You don't need a frame, although it would be a useful addition.
4. It takes a long time to cut your material up.
5. It takes an awesome amount of material to do a shaggy rug like ours
6. Start small, our rug is far too large for a first go.
7. It's a brilliant way of recycling old clothing and keeping it out of landfill.

We are really enjoying this make even though we were overly ambitious with the size of the rug. Finished it will be approx 4.5 foot by 3.5 foot, a door mat would have been a better starting point. Each of our colour sections so far has used between 4 to 5 T-shirts. These are a mixture of our own shirts which were old and worn out and ones which we have brought from a charity/thrift shop. We have only purchased thrifted items from shops where their items have been around the system more than once and next stop would have been landfill. Generally they cost £1.00 or less.

Having worked out the numbers roughly we only have about 7,000 pieces to cut ✂️🤣 before we can finish.

🐴 Another custom order finished! 🐴A selection of permanent vinyl signs made for a local riding school.I absolutely love ...
14/09/2026

🐴 Another custom order finished! 🐴
A selection of permanent vinyl signs made for a local riding school.

I absolutely love how something as simple as permanent vinyl can turn a plain sign into something clear, professional and made specifically for your business. 🤍

These were designed, cut, weeded and applied by hand, ready to withstand everyday use around the yard.

If you have an idea for signage for your business, yard or home, feel free to send me a message. ✨️

☕️ A little something I’ve been playing around with… 🤍I’ve been thinking about expanding the Cosy Creations range, and I...
11/09/2026

☕️ A little something I’ve been playing around with… 🤍

I’ve been thinking about expanding the Cosy Creations range, and I couldn’t resist having a play with some ideas for a possible mug collection!

I’m looking at moving away from sublimation and exploring some new ways of creating my mugs, which has got me thinking about what I’d actually love to have in my own home. 🌿

So… this is very much a “what do we think?” rather than a launch just yet! 😂

I’m imagining soft, cosy colours, simple designs, little reminders to slow down and enjoy the everyday moments — with the option to personalise some of them too. 🩷

But I want to know what YOU think!
👇 Which design is your favourite?
🌸 Which colour would you choose?
☕️ Would you love the option to personalise one?

And most importantly… would you actually buy one? 😂

I’d love your honest opinions because if enough of you love them as much as I do, these might just become a future Cosy Creations collection.🤍

Rag rug part 4 of the series.We have made a mistake using the masking tape to hold the hems. It doesn't work so we have ...
10/09/2026

Rag rug part 4 of the series.

We have made a mistake using the masking tape to hold the hems. It doesn't work so we have left it in place for now and sewn a running stitch along the edge to keep were it should be. Lesson learned, next time we make a rug we will do the hem properly first.

We have made a start with latch hooking. This is going to be a really heavy rug so we have started with the central circle. We are hoping that the weight of the centre keeps the rug reasonably balanced whilst we work.

We don't have a frame to hold the hessian but we have got it draped over a bar stool. Which means we can get a hand underneath. That idea seems to work well. If you are working on a smaller project like a door mat you could just rest it on a table with your hand underneath.

Hope you all like it so far. The next post will cover the process of using the latch hook.

The completed circle has kept 4 old worn out T-shirts out of landfill. This craft is a really good way of recycling and reusing clothing.

"You can knit with it" were the encouraging words from Mum's fellow students whilst she was on Lewis.Chris at Pocket Hou...
07/09/2026

"You can knit with it" were the encouraging words from Mum's fellow students whilst she was on Lewis.

Chris at Pocket House Studio spins her beautifull fleeces into all of the wool for the rugs that students then use to weave their own rugs. There is a photo of Mum's bucket of wool below. The wool is spun specifically for rug weaving and therefore not the type of yarn that you would usually use for knitting.

Chris was kind enough to let Mum take a couple of balls to experiment with.

Here is the results:

Yes you can knit with it
It's not easy
You have to take all tension off the yarn
Definitely would do it again

The experiment hasn't put Mum off and she's now thinking she can improve her technique to make bigger mats. Mum's going to use this one as a cosy little step out for the bathroom.

Rag rug part 3It's worth thinking about how you mix your colours if you are making a multi coloured rug like us.There's...
04/09/2026

Rag rug part 3

It's worth thinking about how you mix your colours if you are making a multi coloured rug like us.

There's some ideas in the photo's below. The greens we have looked a bit dull on their own, but the addition of the spotted blue, green white just lifts it a little and improves the overall effect.

We are keeping all the scraps that aren't big enough to make a piece for the rug. These will be used to stuff a cushion at a latter date.

Rag rug part 2 of the series.The next part of the make was to start cutting the pre-prepared T-shirts into strips. The...
02/09/2026

Rag rug part 2 of the series.

The next part of the make was to start cutting the pre-prepared T-shirts into strips. Then into pieces for latch hooking into the hessian backing.

There was consensus on utube videos for the most suitable length 3 inches (7.5cms) but little advice about the width. One video suggested that the width should depend on the weight or thickness of the material used. This appeared to make sense to us.

We decided to go with 4 inches (10cms) lengths as the utube suggestions looked a bit short for what we wanted, and 1.4 inches (3.5cms) wide.

We used our yardstick to measure the strips drawing lines with tailors chalk, right across the T-shirt pieces. The stips were cut out and then snipped down to the 4 inch 10cms pieces. Take care to keep the edges of your strips straight.

This part of the make is extremely time consuming. It's a good idea to do little and often rather than keeping going for long periods.

Rag rug post part 1We shall number the posts for the rag rug make, especially for any one who may want to try this for t...
31/08/2026

Rag rug post part 1

We shall number the posts for the rag rug make, especially for any one who may want to try this for themselves. That way if you miss a post you can go back and have look.

Before starting we prepared the hessian (in our case a recycled coffee sack) by turning under a generous hem allowance of at least an inch (3:5cms). Rather than sewing it under we have masking taped it down. We are hoping that this will allow us to remove the tape later (when the rug is complete) and then turn under and sew in place. Leaving a neat edge.

We drew a simple geometric design with permanent maker pen.

As we are using old T-shirts for our rags we decided it would be a good idea to cut out the seams and collars so that there was a even thickness of material throughout.

Keep following along for more posts in the series.

Sorry everyone there's not been much crafting done this week but Mum did get to the local crafting destash event today.T...
29/08/2026

Sorry everyone there's not been much crafting done this week but Mum did get to the local crafting destash event today.

There was lots of lovely things on offer but Mum restricted herself to some embroidery threads.

Buying this little lot gave her a saving of £27.20 on the retail price.

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