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 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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Muffiny Goodness.

It seems like everyone is out of the country at the moment, and on Thursday that will include Aral as he goes off to SXSW in Austin TX. The traveling seems to be getting easier and I think it has a lot to do with being happier within myself and getting on with my own [...]

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Phew!

I seem to have become the worlds worst blogger. I always have such high hopes and good intentions of blogging every few days, but lo and behold the same thing always happens. I keep up the blogging for a few weeks and then everything gets too busy and I get distracted with life, and forget [...]

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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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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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Help I’m A Closet Shopaholic!

I don’t know what is wrong with me but I just can’t stop myself from buying things in the sales! Even though I am fast running out of money and I know I don’t really need anything I just can’t stop my self from going into any shops with big SALE signs. I’m even wasting [...]

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