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Love Yarn? Love Fibre East! 27-28 July
With only a month to go – a quick reminder… If you’re like me, you spend languid summer afternoons planning the autumn and winter project flow and dreaming of beautifully coloured, creamy-feeling yarn slipping through your fingers being transformed into … Continue reading
Posted in colour, Craft, crochet, Designer, Exhibition, Fashion, Felting, Fibre East 2013, Interior Design, Knitting, Spinning, texture, wool, Yarn
Tagged colour, craft, crochet, exhibition, interior design, knitting, pattern, wool, yarn
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And Now for the Rest of the Year and a Bunting Pattern to Celebrate
Now that was a roller-coaster week. I naively thought that if I work diligently and pre-write my blogs for 4KCBWDAY1 to 7 inclusive, I’d have plenty of time to write other blogs, and to get on with projects for the … Continue reading
4KCBWDAY5 – Something a Bit Different
Just to show you that creative and knitting skills are required for the most unlikely of projects – please carefully note the cape, scarves (worn as a sash), make-up and cavalier hat all created by me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQnl7h4sfk For further information … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, publicity, wool, Yarn
Tagged craft, knitting, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, wool, yarn
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4KCBWDAY4 – Colour Review
I knit and crochet because I love the colour and texture of yarn I work with. They are in equal first position. There have been occasions I’ve bought yarn on the internet as it looked right, only to cause disappointment as the … Continue reading
Posted in colour, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, texture, wool, Yarn
Tagged colour, knitting, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, texture, wool, yarn
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4KCBWDAY2 – A Mascot Project
Being a member of the House of Bee for me means multi-tasking, never ever having nothing to do and always trying something different with each project. And of course recognising that a very large item would never get finished so picking … Continue reading
Posted in colour, Craft, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, Patterns, publicity, Summer, Yarn
Tagged knitting, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, pattern, Summer, wool, yarn
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4KCBWDAY1 – Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 22 April 2013
Whilst catching up with blog posts over the weekend, I came across eskimimimakes who has organised this year’s Knitting and Crochet Blog. It struck me as a fantastic idea so I’ve joined too! For more information please go to http://www.eskimimimakes.com The … Continue reading
May your Stripes be Bold and Bright
I’m obviously not a yarn purist as I adore self-striping yarn. The line is very clear on this – you either love it or hate it. It’s like the Marmite question. Or the Cats v. Dogs question. For me it was … Continue reading
Tactile Cushion
In the past few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of research on cushions. I’ve seen cushions in the shape of clouds, or to look like sheep, pebbles on a beach even. All tremendous fun but I was after a … Continue reading
Small is Beautiful (and Useful)
Now that the painted eggs and chocolate eggs are gone, it’s time for new projects. But before I talk about those, here is what I’ve been working on to keep myself busy in the odd moments which are available during … Continue reading
Do I look like I need Therapy?
On the whole I pride myself in being a reasonably self-aware person. One who knows my strengths and weaknesses. Self-confidence has never been something I’m good at but quiet perseverence and an ability to survive most things I do with … Continue reading
Posted in children, colour, Craft, Knitting, texture, therapy, wool, Yarn
Tagged addiction, craft, knitting, men, old people, pain relief, psychology, therapy, wool, yarn
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