Japanese Christmas Decorations
We visited Japan in September last year and when I travel I like to get a Christmas decoration or memento to hang on my tree. I couldn’t find anything Christmasy so I decided to make […]
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Crochet / Handmade / Homemade / Me Made May / Me made wardrobe / recycling / Sewing
May project roundup
Me Made May was a good month to get some projects done. We have a fabric fair at one of the schools local to me every few months and when I went in November I […]
March Project Round up
I wasn’t very productive in March. I finished my Snug Turtleneck sweater in burnt orange Mohair. I got the pattern from the book A Knitters Year by Ida Wirak Trettevik that I borrowed from the […]
November Socks
I finished my November socks in the nick of time, on the evening of the 30th November! I had started off really well making half of the first sock in October as soon as I […]
October Socks
My October socks are done. These ones are for Hubby and he has worn them once already and they are drying on the line as I type this. Another pair from the Gallipoli range from […]
Knitting project bags
I did a bit of birthday/christmas sewing recently in the form of some knitting project bags. I saw a bag I really liked online and self drafted a pattern to make one for my sister […]
Bluetit socks
My September socks are done and dusted, these ones are the Bluetit colourway from the West Yorkshire Spinners Signature bird series. This is the third pair I have knit from the bird series and I […]
Rainbow socks and an author recommendation
I feel like this is turning into a sock blog so to mix it up, as well as telling you about my latest pair of socks that I have finished (which are now my new […]
Woodpigeon socks
I finished my June socks on the 18th but I kept forgetting to take a photo of them and when I did remember, it was either dark or the weather was yuck! I think these […]
Charity Knitting
I had a big bag of yarn leftover from 5 blankets that I had crocheted over the past couple of years so I decided to use it up knitting beanies for a local organisation, Crafting […]