I have this moving to Scotland
Outer Hebrides or Shetland Islands
Living on a croft dream
Where I raise sheep and Highland Cattle
Live off the land with the wind and the sea
Outside and a warm fire inside.
It's a distant and unlikely dream but a dream nonetheless.
In the meantime I'll make my own village out of rustic bits of wool
While sitting by my electric fireplace heater next to the Christmas tree
Hoping for snow
Here is my basic Croft recipe
It's a great way to use up bits of yarn
Cast on between 18-25 stitches with worsted weight yarn on size 7 US needles, stockinette for as tall as you want your croft to be, switch to the roof color, stockinette for 1/3 - 1/2 the height of the front wall, do one knit across a purl row to make the peak, then stockinette to make the back wall match the front. Another row of knit a purl row to turn the edge for the bottom then about 1"-2" of stockinette for the floor depending on how tall you made your croft. Pick up stitches on the left and right "floor" edges to make the sides stockinette stitch until they're just a bit longer than the height of the house. Stitch all of the seams, the chimneys are wrapped around the edges of the roof as they're stitched, this is all four layers of chimney and roof with the chimney wrapped around the roof like a taco. The windows and doors are duplicate stitch. Some of my crofts have more detailed stitching, that's because my duplicate stitch has become increasingly tidy so I can now add detail. Next round I think I will add more embroidery, perhaps some flower boxes. Enjoy and stay cozy!
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