Scandinavian Red & White
Monday, December 27, 2010
Free cross stitch chart download at Tom Pudding Designs.
Ooooh, shiny!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
I decided to leave the Christmas tree in its box this year; the out-of-Flossie's-reach spot where it usually goes is already occupied so I made a quick garland of baubles to hang across the centre of the window bay.
6 packs of tiny shatterproof baubles, some Anchor Artiste Metallic yarn in white, 2.75mm crochet hook. It's basically a long crochet chain with a bauble added every 4 chains by working a dc (US sc) through its hanging loop.
Christmas crafting
Thursday, December 09, 2010
If you're bogged down with knitting, sewing and other crafty makes for the festive season, do yourself a favour and read this.
Dyeing
Thursday, November 18, 2010
DK weight wool in a range of semi-solid colours. I think there may be more ripples in my future crochet planning...
Saturday
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
I'll be here on Saturday with hand dyed sock yarn and stitch markers.
Cranes & buttons
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
More stuff to show you from the last two Brighton Craft Guerrilla crafternoons:
Last week, we had a go at Japanese paper cranes; this week we strung and layered buttons to make bracelets and brooches.
More pics over on Brighton Craft Guerrilla.
Easter Monday squiggles
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Mug decorating at Sam's with Emma and Steph; more pics (and an evil grin) on Brighton Craft Guerrilla.
This was fun!
Saturday, April 03, 2010
It's been a very crafty week by the seaside. On Monday, Emma and Sam dyed sock yarn in my kitchen with Wilton's Icing Dyes - I've not used Wilton's before and was really impressed with some seriously saturated colours. Friday afternoon was a Brighton Craft Guerrilla crafternoon round at Emma's and these are some of the badges I came home with. She's got a brilliant badge-making machine; a proper professional number that's really easy to use and all sorts of stuff got badged. I used old maps and cuttings out of magazines and an old encyclopedia; Annie and Lucy tried out fabric, threads, crochet and sparkly bits and were very happy with the results. I think another badge-making afternoon will be on the cards soon....
Melting and pouring
Monday, March 22, 2010
I had a fun afternoon making soap with Emma and Sam, the newly fledged Brighton Craft Guerrilla team. Take one Melt and Pour Soap Kit, a set of mini jelly moulds, some charity shop saucepans and see what happens...