This last week has been a bit Woolsack orientated for me. A while back, Kate from A Good Yarn asked me to design a few cushions to give people in the shop some ideas on what to make for Woolsack cushions. A lot of the ladies from Knot Just Knitting group have made some lovely cushions […]
I have a very lovely friend who was having a clear out and she has given me lots of cones of yarn. It was very exciting to go through as she has lovely taste and there is lots of cashmere, silk, wool, cotton and even a bit of angora. Part of the collection is in
Think I’m going slightly mad. I agreed to make a lacy top for my mum-in-law for a ball she’s going to. We both thought it was over a month away but it turned out to be next weekend! So we were both thinking that it wouldn’t happen but we had a few snow days so
This arrived in the post…. A mini haul of buttons which I bought from Textile Garden. The metal stag’s heads on the left are for Moorhouse, the dark floral wooden ones are for my Hudson and the others are for a little friend of mine who loves butterflies – so a few cardigans to be
It’s something that I’ve been intending to make for awhile and finally got round to it a few months ago. I’d wanted to make a dpn case because they were stuffed in pencil cases and weren’t organised at all. I’d made the fabric on my Kromski Harp Rigid Heddle Loom intending it to be a
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Another lovely gift I was bought by my husband was this beautiful notebook from Kate Bowles, who makes handmade notebooks from recycled material. I absolutely love it and the finish to it is just gorgeous – I especially love the spine. I’m using mine as my little Knitting Bible. There is square, plain and lined paper
For Christmas, I had some very lovely surprises in my stocking for my husband. He’s been getting into wood turning and I got lots of knitting related goodies! Hand turned knitting needles The knitting needles are size 8mm needles made from sapele with holly tops. I haven’t knitted with them yet; as they seem
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Already for that mince pie making marathon on Christmas Eve. A quick little plate I did at my local Ceramics studio this week.
Alas, it’s been awhile between blogging yet again. Apologies. The latest all consuming project has been a commissioned Christmas Jumper for a friend. She’s always wanted a rather naff sweater along the same lines as what Bridget Jones wore in the film. She’s very tall and thin so it had to be a very long
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Just got back from a wonderful weekend away in the Lakes. I went to Woolfest and spent far too much money but brought back with me enough goodies to keep me going for some time. I got 3 rovings from FeltStudioUK; 2 were bfl/silk mix (the pink/red and yellow one and the purple and green
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