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Crochet Tutorial: Granny Square Round 2
10 September 2008
Read moreHere's the last in the crochet tutorial series, showing how to fit a second round of granny square onto the existing "granny's daughter" that we made previously. I'll have to take some photos of stuff I've done with this pattern to give you some ideas of what can actually be …
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Laceweight Purple Mohair
06 September 2008
Read moreI am a habitual chunky-yarn knitter. I will go all the way down to double knit weight, but beyond that I find life is too short to bother :) The upshot of this is that my projects get very big very quickly. I have a few trips coming up where I …
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Crochet Tutorial: Granny Square Round 1
31 August 2008
Read moreNew crochet lesson, and today it really gets interesting! I decided to film the whole row to show you but flickr only allows 90 seconds playback so its in 2 halves :)
Any questions, please feel free to comment here or contact me for help! It does go by quite quickly …
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The Wool Shop, Leeds
28 August 2008
Read moreThere's been a wool shop on Tong Road in Leeds for years, and its always been pretty good. Last year I heard it was closing, the lady who ran it was retiring. To cut a very long story short, it hasn't closed!!
I've been in to inspect and its had …
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Acer Aspire One (and cosy)
26 August 2008
Read moreI can't remember another post which was in both the "tech" and "craft" categories - so no complaints from either camp please! Last week I became the new owner of an acer aspire one netbook/ultra mobile PC. Its little, blue, and very cute! If you want to skip the tech …
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Crochet Tutorial: Foundation Ring
24 August 2008
Read moreFollowing on from the last lesson, where we did crochet chain with yarn and a hook, this week we use the chain to create the basis for our first project.
It'll start to look like something after the next one, promise :)
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Crochet Tutorial: Chain Stitch
16 August 2008
Read moreFollowing on from last week's crochet lesson with the slip knot, today we get started with the crochet hook itself and the simplest crochet stitch - the chain. This demonstration uses double knitting weight wool and a 4mm hook.
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Crochet Cupcake
15 August 2008
Read moreWe have a whole raft of birthdays in the family at this time of year. My sister and my dad share a birthday, and theirs is today!! Happy birthday Dad, happy birthday little sister. In addition, my not-brother-in-law and my niece have birthdays in the next couple of days too …
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Crochet Tutorial: The Slip Knot
08 August 2008
Read moreI often get asked what "crochet" is ... well, you can read about it on wikipedia, but actually its really easy ... so I'll teach you :)
Here's the first task, all you need is a bit of yarn, or string, or anything really.
Part 2 coming soon ...
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Bubble Wrap Camera Case
02 August 2008
Read moreI've made a new case for the camera, using bubble wrap as padding. The inside is microfibre cloth (note to self: don't ever use this again, its too fluffy for words and frays much too easily!) and the outside is crochet with a button fastener.
I started by making the …
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Circuitboard Cake
13 July 2008
Read moreThere's a birthday in my household this week so I have been making a surprise cake, which I do every year. Apart from the year where all our stuff was in storage and I only had fairy cake tins, where I made surprise fairy cakes instead! This year I went …
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Home-Sewn Cushions
08 July 2008
Read moreI have a little sewing machine and a newly-decorated living room. So what could be more obvious than making new cushions for my sofa? I'm planning a whole set but here are the first two:
The one on the left is my personal favourite, it is felt flowers just cut …