Last Summer, I attended a brioche class with Renée Callahan of East London Knit at Yarningham, a Birmingham-based yarn festival. After the class, before I could forget everything I had learned about brioche knitting, I started this Brioche Twister Scarf, a free pattern for signing up to Renee’s newsletter. Satisfyingly this pattern only requires two skeins of […]
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Over the Christmas holiday, I spent a day or two listing my fabric stash in the Cora app. My intention was to have an easy way to check the fabric I already own before assuming I need to buy new fabric for a project, and to have a way to record where and when I buy
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I have 5 pairs of tickets for The Spring Knitting & Stitching Show at Olympia London on 01-04 March 2018 to give away. These can be used on any day except Saturday 03 March. To enter, leave a comment below, or on the related post on my Instagram account by midnight on Friday 12 January. I’m going to be
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Before these pictures no longer look seasonal, here is my Grainline Studio Tamarack Jacket, photographed during the brief period of snowy weather we had here in Birmingham in December. I’ve been planning to make a Tamarack Jacket for some time, but was waiting to find a pre-quilted fabric, which I haven’t seen on sale very
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Happy New Year Everyone! I’ve been sorting my pattern and fabric collections, and making sewing plans for 2018. While sorting patterns, I started thinking about my favourite sewing pattern releases of 2017, and I thought it might be fun to share my personal favourites list. I’ve only sewn two of these so far, but I
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Before 2017 is out, a quick post about this year’s SewBrum meet-up! I’ve posted a short video of the day (and what I bought), which you can view here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCHtogDHmHk&w=560&h=315] The 2017 meet-up took place on Saturday 28th October. We started the day by taking over the John Lewis Cafe and visiting the haberdashery. From there, we visited
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Happy Christmas Eve! I’ve published a vlog with a little tour of my sewing room and fabric stash. You can see it here if you fancy a snoop around the house: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCfouGz-uI&w=560&h=315] I filmed it a few weeks ago while the house was (briefly) tidy and before any Christmas decorations were up. Have a
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This would have been my contribution for the Sewcialists TNT month, but I missed the month (November)! This is my ninth blogged Linden. I was listening to the Love to Sew podcast episode about sewing patterns recently (episode 17), and discussion of the pluses/minuses for PDF and printed patterns. For me, my use of the Linden
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Hoorah, I finally made it back to my blog. A little more on that below, but first a finished knitted garment; the Malachi Vest from Purl Alpaca Designs. I bought the yarn and pattern for this vest as a kit from Purl Alpaca Designs at Yarnporium over a year ago. This make was a case of
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I love a sewing-themed Christmas gift guide, but I thought it might be equally interesting to share some places you can currently donate/pledge to support sewing-themed campaigns. Four ways to show your support, and receive a little something in return too! ♥ Stitch in Time The Royal Shakespeare Company is currently raising money to restore and
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