**Insert rude pun here** I love a good rude pun. I’ve resisted the urge though as I don’t want you to think I’m peddling filth in my blog haha. Or worse attract the wrong sort of readers from bad Google searches! (If you want to gossip about any good ones via twitter please get in …
Well you can all guess where I’ve been today! Thanks to a facebook competition from Fabrications I won a free ticket to the Knitting and Stitching Show. It was recently in London and Dublin and now in lovely Harrogate for the weekend. For those who don’t know the show covers knitting and stitching but way way more; felt-making, toy-making, shibori dyeing, jewellery-making, card-making, …
After the death of my plaid top I wanted to bounce back into action and work on my Colette Truffle dress. Super exciting as it’ll be my Xmas party dress yaaay!! I’m using a gorgeous black and white polka dot satin I got at the Birmingham meet up. The dots are so cute and large …
Oh yes I was smug. I had “conquered” New Look 6808. I was dancing around the living room in my finished top and thought hell yeah I’m gonna make another!! I decided to up the fun factor. Thick blue plaid with 3/4 sleeves so it’d be super warm and snuggly! I whizzed through it. And …
I’ve been asked for my Xmas wish list so “Santa” knows what too get me. Now before anyone argues it should be a surprise and I’m ruining the spirit of present giving, we’re talking about a list of suggestions of which I’ll only get one or two which will of course keep an element of …
Yaaaaaaaaay I’ve finally finished a new look 6808 top after buying the pattern nearly a year ago. Why so long you might ask? Well it took me this long to fit it properly. I made four attempts. FOUR! Yeesh. I worked out I’m a 8 around the neck, a 10 at the arm holes and …