Oh ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road, an’ I’ll be in Scotland before ye’

Tomorrow I’m off to Edinburgh, and I’m thoroughly looking forward to it . It will be my first time in the city, so if anyone has any suggestions of things to do/see particularly arty things let me know. I am hoping to at least visit a few art galleries. Of course the main [...]

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Things I never thought I’d make.

On the list of things I never thought I would make, a Christening blanket is pretty high up there. First of all I’m not  Christian and secondly, I didn’t think I could or would knit anything more complicated than a scarf. However, here I am finding myself being asked by a friend to make [...]

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Felting Info, Links and Examples.

After yesterdays post about felting, I thought I would give you some links to good sites about felting.
So first of all, a definition of felt. And there is a little more history here.
The Esty Storque has a really good article ” Trends: A Little Fuzzy Bling of Felted Goodness” about felting with lots of links [...]

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Felting FTW

What a busy few days! Aral returned safe and well on Thursday morning, much to my relief. Of course as soon as he got home, jet lag struck and he promptly fell asleep for several hours, so it was pretty lucky that when he was at South by Southwest he had visited the Make: expo [...]

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Sunshine in my eyes.

I truly think there is nowhere better to be than England in the sunshine. Today was the first day of the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show in The Brighton Center. I went along with my friends Relly and Jessica, and it was really very inspiring. The WI exhibition was really great and showed off [...]

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Creative Stitches.

On friday I am excited to be going to Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts at the Brighton Center. I am really looking forward to the knitted gingerbread house, and I am going to be accompanied but some crafty friends, Relly and Jessica.
I’ll let you know how I get on

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Texture in Brighton

I’m feeling much too lazy to write, but here are some images around Brighton seafront, and the last is a super secret work in progress.

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Looking further

I am going to do a yarnstorm style post and start with an image. There’s nothing much to report here except I am taking a little time away from my crafts at the moment as I am focusing more on another clothes related project I am about to start.

I will still be posting all [...]

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Yip Yip

I saw this on the Cut Out + Keep site the other day and e-mailed it to my Mum, who asked if I could make her one, but there doesn’t seem to be a tutorial attached . Can anyone give me making suggestions?
Does anyone else remember the Yip Yip’s ?

clipped from www.cutoutandkeep.net

I [...]

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Snail cakes.

Just when you thought you couldn’t take anymore cute cupcakes, here are some super cute snail cupcakes, to feast your eyes upon. Pete’s Mum, Maggie Flodman made these for her Nephew who loves snails

Aren’t they great! Photo courtesy of Pete Aylward

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