A couple of pictures taken a few weeks ago in our local park. I don’t think I’ve ever shared any pictures of this matching Hello Kitty (Grainline Studio) set being worn together. Back in 2023, we visited Japan and I bought a Hello Kitty quilted fabric from Tomato to make a Grainline Tamarack jacket. I […]
This is a Tilly and the Buttons Drew Sweatshirt made using fabric scraps I retrieved from our bin! The last time I had a big tidy of my fabric stash, around a year ago, I was determined to reduce it down to a couple of tubs of fabric lengths (stored in our bedroom), plus one
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I’ve been writing an end-of-year post summarising what I’ve gotten up to and any reflections since at least 2014, shortly after I started blogging. I really enjoy having a little reminisce, and having the posts to look back at, so am doing the same this year despite it being February already! A holiday normally spurs
I love getting the opportunity to try a new craft locally, so was excited when I spotted that rug tufting workshops are now available in the Jewellery Quarter via The Tufting Spot. We don’t have a lot of floor space, so I opted for a small rug, and my mom and nan treated me to
Over the Christmas break, I decided to finally finish this knitting project which I started back in November 2020! This is the ‘Moomintroll Running Sweater’ from one of the Moomin x Novita pattern books, knit in Novita (Muumit) Moomin yarn. In the five plus years since I first cast on this jumper, I’ve unravelled and
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This is the Swan Bonnet pattern by Rhianna Ellington. I wasn’t previously following Rhianna, but Instagram showed me a post about the Swan Bonnet pattern, a week prior to its release, and I was immediately sold and started following (so, very occasionally, the suggested posts are welcome!). I bought the pattern on release day and started
I finished a new angel for the top of our Christmas tree on the 03rd of January. I knew I wanted to make a new angel this year, but with one thing and another it took me a while to get around to making him. He’s roughly based on two images of angels I photographed
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These are the Pine Wood Socks, a pattern by Penny Baker, in Susan Crawford’s Lock yarn. Susan Crawford launched a kit for these last December (2024) and I immediately forwarded the email to Phil and requested it as a Christmas present. I finished knitting these during the summer so was glad to start wearing them
For the last few years, I’ve asked for the yarn for specific knitting projects from my mom and from Phil for Christmas. Last Christmas, I received yarn for three projects (a neckerchief, socks and this cardigan) and, unlike some previous years, I’ve successfully knit all three projects during this year. That’s good news for my
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I’ve been meaning to make a Cocowawa Crafts Honeycomb Dress since the pattern was originally released in, I think, 2018. Over the course of this year, I’ve had a good sort and weed of my fabric stash (which is now restricted to two tubs), and also of my digital and paper pattern stashes. It’s had
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