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Recent works

| September 5, 2016

Some Long draw effort not going bad A nice bit of merino and silk

New Tunisian entrelac blanket

| January 28, 2016

Originally I wanted to use this yarn for a brioche knitted hat but it’s a single yarn eg not plied and it splits like milk on a hot day.  So after a few goes and getting might hacked off I decided to see if it would crochet up better. It does. So it’s going to […]

Catch up 

| December 3, 2015

So. All my scarfs sold. I will fess up that I was disappointed they went for I think it was 5 quid each. So raised 20 for the charity. Considering each took me about 8 hours after a good 4+ setting the loom up. I am a little disappointed they weren’t more popular.  But. I […]

My new wheel. Spinolution mach III

| June 28, 2015

last year i saw the spinolution wheel, and i was very interested by it, the whole magnetic flyer thing, by the fact it has brakes and so on. That and not everyone and his dog has one. Sadly the uk dealer on contact said they didnt have one for me to try. However, i waited, […]

As promised

| June 28, 2015

firstly i said this enough in enough places.. Ie, i would get a better picture of my first decent batch of yarn and which I sold.    I cant help but feel a bit sad i sold it, even though i actually cant stand the colour purple.

Happy new years and resolutions

| January 1, 2015

I dont really do resolutions, but i do like to think of things I will try and do more or less of to make me and the year better. Firstly this year I am determined not to buy any much yarn this year. Second, I want to make a pair of socks out of sock […]

Happy christmas

| December 25, 2014

Entrelac crochet is now all the rage?

| December 20, 2014

So, its been a long while since i posted. Im sorry, just havent done much crafting recently. Time has just slipped by. One thing I have noticed is that the everyone seems to be doing entrelac now, yet when i did it it was all quiet. So, one of my first entrelacs from August 2012, […]

Free knitting or crochet lessons in gloucestershire

| September 16, 2014

As of today, I’m finally stopping thinking of doing this and getting going. I have considered for a long time now, offering lessons in all the crafty things I do well enough to consider teaching someone else. So. From now, currently free, I am offering Standard crochet Tunisian crochet Basic knitting (throw/english, pick/continental, combined or […]

Day 5 owlet hexapuffs

| August 8, 2014

So after a short break due to injuring a muscle in my arm. I completed the last of my current skeins for hexapuffs. Finally my box of hexapuffs as it stands

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