I got a little sidetracked recently. I’ve participated in my first KAL (knit-a-long). Ysolda Teague has recently self published Orchid Thief shawl – it was originally available in Brave New Knits. To celebrate this, a KAL has been organised. I ummed and ahhed over doing it and suddenly remembered I had the perfect handspun for […]
Mr. and I spent a day at The Basket Case recently and had a great time.We made a willow basket each from scratch. This is the only photo I managed while we were making the baskets 8 hours and many scratches and broken nails later; we had a willow basket each. Mr.’s Mine Mr. very
I had a lovely little thank you present the other week. It was a set of 4 mini skeins from Skein Queen, which in my excitement to knit with them, I forgot to photograph. I pondered a bit on what to do with them and thought they were too special to use as part of
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Oooooo, pretty knitting goodies. Fell in love with this fabric recently and Nicsknots made me some lovely bags with it. They’ve already been out and about with me and it’s really nice to be able to separate my projects – stops a big jumble of yarn! Thanks Nic. Miya Miya Bag Small drawstring bag Zipped purse
I had a wonderful day at the weekend. I spent the entire day in the back garden with my dyeing gear and my burco. The weather was gorgeous and it was really good to be out in the garden which I haven’t done much this year. It’s my first go at handpainting yarns and I
This is my most recent piece from the ceramics studio and I’m decidedly smug about it. It’s to replace a Commemorative Birth plate that was broken. The original was a transfer with the details painted in and I’m very happy I’ve been able to paint fine enough to replicate it. I thoroughly enjoyed painting this one and
The Bluefaced Weekend at Mickle Trafford was fantastic. Lots of lovely knitters and lots and lots of scrummy yarn; even with just a few stalls I found myself bamboozled with choice yet again. Bought waaay too much but boy was it fun. I bought 5 skeins just from Posh yarn Catherine – Colourway – Sent
I’ve been experimenting recently with Adobe Illustrator. It’s an amazing piece of software; there are a few tutorials around on how to make knitting illustrations but I wasn’t 100% happy with it as I was sure there was an easier way. I have no experience or training in Illustrator so this is amateur hour. This is what
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At Woolfest, I bought a dyeing kit from D & T Crafts and I’ve been amassing all the equipment I’ll need (such as gloves, dye pots etc.) when a lucky find turned up. I’d been planning to do most of it on the stove but a Burco Water Boiler appeared! It’s from my parents-in-law, they
Major Oak We had an absolutely wonderful day wandering around the bowyers and archery shops of Nottinghamshire – bow shopping. While we were there we stopped off at Sherwood Forest. Next month, Mr. and I have booked in to do a willow basket weaving workshop at The Basket Case. We had a bit of
