Rainbow Sheep! Has it really been a whole year since my first post here in 2023? Yes, yes it has! This year I returned to the bigger, better, but just as organised and enjoyable Cumbrian Wool Gathering, this time with my Mother in Law and we had an absolute blast on the Saturday and came… Continue reading Cumbrian Wool Gathering 2024: An Exciting Fiber Adventure
Category: Blogs
Finished Pattern – The Crochet Emotional Support Chicken
Cluck cluck It’s doing the rounds on Fiber tube at the moment, the knitted emotional support chicken from The Knitting Tree LA . This is a paid for pattern and looked amazing with everyone seeming to love them. a friend’s birthday was coming up and When you don’t know what to get someone, you make… Continue reading Finished Pattern – The Crochet Emotional Support Chicken
Finished Pattern – Happy Coffee Cup
Another birthday, another finished project. This time we have a tiny happy cup of coffee as a present for my friend (again, already gifted so no spoilers here!) she loves her coffee, so this seemed to be perfect for her! This is the Upset/angry coffee crochet pattern by FalseBubbles. Made using green yarn as that… Continue reading Finished Pattern – Happy Coffee Cup
Prompted Musings – Audio and crafting, helpful and a hinderance?
What do you listen to while you work? 90% of crafters will listen or watch something while they work. I’m no different, for me there’s a sense of my hands are occupied, let’s get my brain going now. Depending on the craft depends on what gets listened too. For example: - Crochet, if it’s an… Continue reading Prompted Musings – Audio and crafting, helpful and a hinderance?
Finished Pattern – The Littlest Awooo!
For a for a friends birthday I decided to crochet him a wolf as a present (he’s already been gifted it so there are no spoilers here!) For this make I decided to use the Littlest Awoooo pattern from Complicated Knots. To say this pattern is cute is an understatement, it’s absolutely adorable! Even when… Continue reading Finished Pattern – The Littlest Awooo!
Prompted Musings – Pets and Crafting
Dogs or cats? If you ask me which I prefer, short answer is both. In terms of crafting, maybe cats. Certainly don’t remember our family cat getting all up in the arts and crafts we used to do as kids. This said, I don’t remember our family dogs getting in the way of the arts… Continue reading Prompted Musings – Pets and Crafting
Spinning a Tale – The First Fleece Part 1
A week or so ago I received my first fleece from a friend who owns some sheep. This fleece wasn't grown with the intention of spinning from it, so I was expecting it to be quite dirty and needing a bit of work. (Though that wasn't exactly the case!) more out of luck, this fleece… Continue reading Spinning a Tale – The First Fleece Part 1
Spinning a Tale – EEW Nano 2
It's here! the EEW Nano 2 is here! Built by the amazing Maurice at Dreaming Robots. It's tiny, it needed a few tweaks, but it's here! Spend long enough watching videos on youtube about crochet and firber arts and I'm sure you will fall down the yarn spinning rabbit hole. Never in a million years,… Continue reading Spinning a Tale – EEW Nano 2
Finished project – Dragon Scarf
This was one of those projects which you do on a whim and turns out much better than you expected. Started on the 10th June this year (2023) it worked up quickly and I was done with it less than 2 weeks later! the pattern is called Lizard by Jasmin Rasanen from Ravelry, accessed through the mobile… Continue reading Finished project – Dragon Scarf
The Cumbrian Wool Gathering 2023
The beggining is a good place to start. In a way this is a good beginning. The first ever Cumbrian Wool Gathering, my first fiber festival. The first time this hobbyist maker and crafter put on her big girl pants and went to this kind of event on her own. Was I an aquwardly shy introvert,… Continue reading The Cumbrian Wool Gathering 2023
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