My mum bought me a basket from the local farmer’s market as a present. The idea being I can keep all my current knitting bits in so they don’t end up everywhere. It’s a lovely basket but I thought it needed a bit of decoration. I’ve not done any crochet for quite some time. I […]
At the weekend, I went to a workshop at A Good Yarn, Cleethorpes. It was a “Dye your own yarn” workshop with Jonathan from Chroma Yarns. It was great fun and everyone made gorgeous coloured yarn. The dyes The aftermath Everyone’s gorgeous yarns My finished yarn Yarn wound into a cake Hopefully, it’ll find itself
Conception to…. acquisition to… creation. He keeps taking his hat off. I’ve had a word with him about it. I especially love his tail The pattern is Bo Rabbit by Susan Hickson. My ravelry project page for Bo and more details.
Here are a couple of vistas from near Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Berwick-Upon-Tweed View of Berwick-Upon-Tweed & Bamburgh Castle in the distance On our way home, we got to Lindisfarne (Holy Island) when the the tide was out – so we had time to cross, have a walk around and get back before high tide. There was plenty
I was a bit quiet last week because we had a few days in Scotland, including a day trip to Edinburgh. We really lucked out with the weather – clear blue skies most of the day. I had my camera with me and was snapping photos. Mr thought it was hilarious the looks I was
Sorry for the alliterative title, couldn’t resist. With an offhand comment to Mr, “That it’s Wonderwool Wales this weekend and wouldn’t it be nice to go.” His response being, “Why can’t we?”. So we did. Bit bonkers. 10 hours of driving in total but it was lovely weather and we had a good day. I
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“One year from now, when the 5th Knitting & Crochet Blog Week rolls around, where do you hope your crafting will have taken you to? What new skills, projects and experiences do you hope you might have conquered or tried?” From Eskimimi Makes Knitting TechniquesWelcome to Pro! | Create infographics On a whole, I’ve done
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“Write about your favourite knitting or crochet (or spinning, etc) tool. It can either be a tool directly involved in your craft (knitting needles or crochet hook) or something that makes your craft more pleasurable – be it a special lamp, or stitch markers.” From Eskimimi Makes My favourite tools… I’m not sure whether I
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“It’s the annual challenge to blog in a way different to how you normally blog. You may choose to create a podcast, or vlog, create a wordless post or write in verse. You’ve already stretched your wings with an infographic, now it’s time to freestyle.” From Eskimimi Makes If any of you have received a
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“What are your favourite colours for knitted or crocheted projects. Have a think about what colours you seem to favour when yarn shopping and crafting.” “Only after writing this part of your post should you then actually look to see what colours you have used in your projects. Make a quick tally of what colours
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