Me made wardrobe
As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as well. I had a bit of time under our first […]
Tag: knitting
Scrap blanket revisited
Hello from Lockdown here in Wellington! The weather is awful here today so I thought I would give you an update on my scrap blanket which I first posted about back in March 2017. I […]
New Year. Slow Fashion
Happy New Year and Happy New Decade everyone! I thought I would report in on the pledge I made last year to not buy any new clothes and appreciate and wear what I already had. […]
Charity Knitting
Every year I try to do some knitting for charity. I volunteer for a group called Crafty Volunteers who facilitate the distributing of the knitting to the people in the community who have a need. […]
Gifts for a nephew
A little while ago, I became an Auntie for the tenth time. A new baby is always a good excuse for crafting right? So a deep dive into the stash was in order. First up […]
Woolly Blankety Goodness
I have previously shared with you my Temperature Blanket journey (see here for the finished product) and I have several other blankets that I have made over the years so the other day when I was […]
Christmas gifts / Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / Letter writing / Sewing
Christmas Crafting
Now that the madness of Christmas has subsided and all of the gifts have been opened, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made and gave in 2018. I had […]
Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is my favourite holiday and on the 1st December, without fail, I put up the Christmas Tree. I have a wee ritual of eating mince pies and watching a Christmas Movie, normally Love Actually […]
Winter Woolly Delights
Now that we are in the proper throes of winter, I can indulge my 2 favourite winter pass times. Numero Uno is snuggling up next to the roaring fire with a good book and coming […]
Warming up for winter
I recently went to a Yarn Tasting at Knit World. In case you are wondering what a yarn tasting is, you don’t eat the wool, you knit a small sample with it to see how […]