Craft
Five Green Acres has suggested that we all join her Rumpelstiltskin Challenge and use up all those stash items and finish those unfinished projects. Today I made a dent in my wool stash. This is my new wool basket made from a really long coil of finger knitting, that was made from a ball of [...]
What do you do with a couple of hours to spare and a large ball of chunky wool that honestly you’ve no idea what to make with it? Make a finger knitted scarf of course. I used the whole ball of wool and knitted it over two fingers twice (if that makes any sense), then [...]
I was browsing through the photos on Alisa Burke’s site earlier (on this post) and her picture of the 3 shells reminded me of reading many months ago about a process to create a natural colour palette that can be used in any art or craft. I grabbed a picture of the new shoots in [...]
The Topsy Turvy doll is a doll that has a sad face at one side and a happy face at the other. Traditionally, they had a coloured face at one side and a white face at the other but these have fallen out of favour to be replaced with sad/happy face. Normally the sad doll [...]
Some more sock monsters that I’ve made of late…very friendly monsters but not to be underestimated. All hand sewn brand new socks and stuffed with recycled polyester stuffing and a great big dollop of love.
Jolene’s been busy laying about with her feet up, well, in fairness she’s been resting her ankle following an operation to remove the steel work that was put in when she broke it a few years ago. She hasn’t been entirely idle though, she was commissioned at the Morningside Makers Market to customise a pair [...]
Those readers who know me personally or pay attention to the small details will know that I spend time away from home on a fairly regular basis. This has seen me occupying almost every room on some floors of the Holiday Inn Express in Bridge of Don over the past year or so. There’s clearly [...]
Regular readers may remember a post I made a few weeks ago, Trial by Clay, in which I featured a rough attempt at a clay bird, I’ve since refined the notion and have been merrily creating a range of slightly smaller free standing birds with a simplified design in red and white, the scheme works [...]
Recently we’ve been giving a lot of thought to our packaging. It’s not something that comes naturally I’m afraid. Occasionally, it works out just fine like with my button pendants; however that’s a very rare occasion indeed. Last week I had a crazy notion to make some Christmas gift tags for sale. Having deliberated for [...]
I know, another Christmas post, but really it’s not that long until the big red cheery chap comes again! I’ve made quite a few of these hanging birds but they don’t photograph well. I think they’re shy! They’re a simpler take on the fabric finches regular readers will be familiar with, which makes them quicker [...]
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