This week has been one of my least productive for ages, I’ve only worked on one project -the Bertie baby blanket, and only done two more pattern repeats (8 colour bands). I have, however, sewn in all of the ends so far and measured the blanket to estimate how many more rows I’ll need to…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-31st January
This is a post that’s been brewing for a while, and is a follow up to my post 5 Rules For Playing Yarn Chicken which I wrote a few months ago. Running out of yarn does not always have to mean a project needs binning, frogging or resigning to the Unfinished Object heap-there are plenty of ways…… Continue reading How To Win At Yarn Chicken
Last week I skipped my WIP Wednesday post as my project was just a foundation chain and I couldn’t write a whole post about one wiggly length of white yarn. However, in the last week I have managed to make enough progress to make it post-worthy. I’m making a baby blanket for a friend, and…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-24th January
I’ve found myself struggling for craft time this week, but I did manage to make my daughter a pair of mittens. She has lost a few pairs this winter (and hadn’t had any at all for a week) but the weather has turned extra chilly again so on Tuesday after we dropped her big brother…… Continue reading FO Friday-19th January
I could have titled this post many things, but FO Friday was a definite no (as it’s clearly not Friday) and this was the least cheesy of a very cheesy bunch. The two hot water bottle covers I’ve been working on are finally done, so I decided it was time to share them. The left…… Continue reading A Cosy Couple
The first week of the year has been so grey and dull, the right kind of weather for stopping indoors and crafting. Last week I showed you the block stitch hot water bottle cover I was making for Mr C, and mentioned my strong dislike of sewing in ends. I calculated that by the end…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-10th January
I have been the proud owner of one of these awesome machines for 15 whole days now, although I only got it out on Boxing Day evening. Mr C warned me that the reviews online said it had a lot of settings and could be tricky to use, so I braced myself for a learning…… Continue reading Things I’ve Learned As A Silhouette Cameo 3 Beginner
Last year, I took part in 17 for 2017, but I cannot thing of 18 goals for 2018. Instead, I’m making plans for different areas of my life. I’ve actually borrowed the term ‘guidelines’ from the Quietwatercraft blog, as I really liked her philosophy when it came to goals and the new year. Basically, there…… Continue reading My 2018 Guidelines
How exciting to be writing my first WIP post of the new year! One of my WIPs is actually a finished object now, but my second WIP is a kind of ‘partner in crime’ to it so I’m not posting a photo of it until they are both complete. The first WIP (the now finished…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-3rd January 2018
Happy New Year to everyone who follows (or reads but doesn’t follow!) my little blog. Well done if you’ve followed this all year, it’s certainly been a busy one! I know for a fact before I even start writing about these goals properly that some haven’t been met. And you know what? I’m not going…… Continue reading 17 for 2017-December (and Final!) Update
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