I have a shiny new Folksy shop!
Christmas themed sets of stitchmarkers for both knitting and crochet are for sale in my shop, all with free postage. I have non-Christmas stitchmarker sets and some gorgeous hand-embroidered jewellery almost ready to upload, so watch this space!
i don't really mind staying at home (I'm over 70, so being very cautious about Covid-19). Self-isolation feels rather like working freelance from home which I did for many years but this time it's without the work!
My studio table is tidy and today's plan is to get out the pdf sewing patterns that I've printed on paper and stick the pages together. I'm in need of new clothes and have lots of fabric washed and ready to cut out.
Apart from sewing clothes, I have plenty here to keep me occupied and happy. Music, books, audiobooks are all essential to my mood (thank goodness for Spotify, Kindle, Audible and library apps) and there's a sizeable yarn stash to keep my fingers busy.
David, the Christmas elf, on my stall at Saturday's Christmas Market. Lovely sunny weather and plenty of people wandering round made for a good day.
This is the one tidy corner of my living room; off camera, everywhere else is, er, rather cluttered and needs a good tidy but I've run out of steam with housework. Possibly I've been sidetracked by making these...
Crochet squares for a blanket - they're 7cm square and so far I've made 240 (and sewn the ends in as they were made). The coloured threads secure them in stacks of ten for easy counting and I reckon I'll need to make another 160 or so...
I'll be at Cornerstone's Christmas Market on Saturday, December 6, with hand-dyed yarn, stitch markers and beaded jewellery. The market is open from 11am to 3pm - there's no charge to get in, so do come along and say hello!
It was a really good day out with friendly stallholders and chatty visitors. Sales went well and Santa (my knitting friend David) enjoyed himself. The chocolate cake on sale was excellent too!
I'll be at the Christmas Market at Cornerstone Community Centre, Hove next Saturday, December 7, from 11am to 3pm with hand dyed yarn, stitch markers and beaded jewellery. Map here.
Saw lovely things for sale at Made Brighton this afternoon; it's on for another couple of days if you fancy treating yourself!
I'll be at the Christmas Market at Cornerstone, Hove this Saturday December 8 from 11am to 3pm with hand dyed yarn, stitch markers, beaded and embroidered jewellery.
I'm at Craftaganza with Brighton Craft Guerrilla on both days with my lovely hand dyed yarn, stitchmarkers, embroidered and beaded jewellery.
We had a good day at Craftaganza yesterday. The other stallholders were friendly, there were masses of people looking round (some buying), the weather was kind and lots of friends came along to see us. Notable mentions go to Penny and twins for banana muffins and to Jamie for very welcome cups of tea at the end of the day.
The first cup of tea in the morning is the best one of the day and I'm drinking mine right now. Not much time to linger over it this morning as me, wheelie suitcase and very large bag of yarn will soon be on our way here. Must remember to take photos....
Well, here we are at the end of November and NaBloPoMo. A big pat on the back to myself for posting here every day, as well as on Archive and Hove Daily Photo.
November's been a fairly productive month at Wibbo Towers. I'm almost ready for the Craftaganza Craft Market, most of my Christmas shopping is done/ordered and I have a couple of things on the needles for me.
I'll leave you with this Groucho Marx quote: "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
Have you discovered Pinterest yet? It's a clever virtual pinboard that I use to keep track of images that I like as well as for practical stuff like recipes and crafty tutorials.
If you're already a pinner, you can see my boards here.
New cards from Moo. I'm nearly ready for Craftaganza, just a few bits and pieces to do.
Met up with Steph and Emma (the other Brighton Craft Guerrillas) yesterday and we're beginning to realise how little time we have until the craft market is here. Most of my stuff's done apart from a pile of embroidered and beaded brooch fronts that need the finishing touches, backs and brooch pins added. I may be some time...
I'll be there with Brighton Craft Guerrilla selling my hand dyed yarn, beaded stitch markers and lots of other goodies. Exciting!
Brighton Craft Guerrilla will be at Craftaganza's Christmas Market at Fabrica on December 10 and I'm busy dyeing, stitching and crocheting all manner of stuff for the stall. The venue's nice and central and we're looking forward to plenty of visitors wandering round and (hopefully) buying! I'll post more details nearer the date.
This is the latest batch of sock yarn ready to be skeined and labelled; I'd better go do just that...
Write about your typical crafting time. When is it that you are likely to craft - alone or in more social environments, when watching TV or whilst taking bus journeys?
I'm happily retired and these days can do as much or as little knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing as I fancy. After over thirty years designing and making things for clients and publishers, it's a joy to be able to make exactly what I want.
I ease into a typical day with a mug of tea and an hour or so's knitting or crochet.
I'm usually supervised by Fearsome Miss Flossie who sits by my feet waiting patiently for her breakfast.
I haven't had a television since 2001 and much of my crafting is accompanied by audio books, radio programmes or music, with the occasional film DVD when I'm knitting something that doesn't need concentration.
I live round the corner from an excellent library (name-checking Hove Library) which has a really good, constantly changing audio book selection (above is yesterday's haul) and I also have a subscription to Audible. Music-wise, I listen to classical music, opera, rock, folk, jazz and I'm a big fan of Radio 5 live's football coverage.
I try and balance hours spent crafting by myself with regular company in the shape of a couple of knitting groups (Brighton Knitters and Knit & Natter at Cocoon) and with regular exercise walking by the sea.
This is the last of this year's Knitting and Crochet Blog Week's posts - thanks for the comments and see you again next year :o)
Christmas present - a selection of buttons, colourway Wuthering Heights. Delicious.