I was in a jewellery making mood today, so I’ve just finished putting together this necklace.
It’s a leather cord, with twenty purple sunstone beads attached - they’re a very dark purple colour with a glitter sparkle when the light catches them. The beads are hung in pairs, so that they hang in bunches and at [...]
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No, not tiny little woollies to keep them warm. Instead, Seasalt in Cornwall are holding their annual “Go Knit!” charity drive.
This year they’re collecting donations of hand knitted scarves, and all proceeds from their sale will go to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
Bees and knitting are two of my passions, so obviously I’ve sent my scarf [...]
Crest of the Wave
Posted in knitting on Aug 20th, 2009
I may have been busy working for the past few weeks, but I’ve still managed to find the time to do a bit of knitting. This is the Crest of the Wave scarf, by Judith Jacobs. You can find it on Ravelry, and the pattern’s free.
I’m knitting it with two different sock yarns. The variegated [...]
Good To Be Girl
Posted in fabric, inspiration, knitting, shopping on Jul 27th, 2009
Shortly after I posted about my Liberty knitting print skirt I received an email from Helen, asking whether I knew anywhere that the fabric was still available. Sadly it was already discontinued when it was given to me, and its well and truly out of print now.
It turned out that she only needed some very [...]
The first tunic dress is now up for sale on Etsy.
All I need to do now is make more. Lots more.
From a huge roll of fabric, via a PhotoShop drawing, to a finished jacket!
The most difficult part was sourcing a truly enormous orange button. I bought this one on Etsy, from TheKitschEnd.
The jacket’s now in the post - hopefully Chloe will send some photos of the jacket in action, when it arrives!
More embroidered ampersands
Posted in embroidery, sewing, shopping on May 19th, 2009
This is what’s been keeping me out of trouble in the evenings - embroidering ampersands. And a little flower made from a vintage button, just for good measure.
The larger ones measure 6 inches across, and the smaller ones are four inches.
In order to prevent my house from becoming completely over run by embroidered typography, all [...]
Adding some scarves to the Etsy shop.
Posted in knitting on May 12th, 2009
So much for spring - it might be May, but it’s still cold enough to need a scarf. And, of course, it’s always winter somewhere in the world!
I’ve just listed half a dozen scarves on Etsy, all hand knitted from Colinette yarns.
I love working with Colinette, but I probably ought to try and sell a [...]
Yesterday was a good day for my newly-planted vegetable garden (six large pots and a bag for potatoes!), but not such a good day for anyone who doesn’t like getting wet.
You can just see a tiny raindrop bouncing off the back of this poor wet wood pigeon’s head. Bless him!
I might add this picture to [...]
Well, I asked for feedback on yesterday’s flower photos… and the feedback I received was “where are the birds?”.
So, by popular demand, I now have some photos of birds for sale on Etsy!