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happy new year
I wish you all a very creative, fruitful and happy 2008. We had a lovely time over Christmas with both our daughters staying and other family members visiting – it went in a whirl, and then suddenly...
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TIF Challenge January 3
I spent some time this weekend sampling and exploring my ideas – I was planning to stop with the visual journal and not make a textile piece but one is emerging anyway. Here I’ve tried out some ways of...
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TIF Challenge April 2
My response to Sharon’s April TIF challenge is about craft as change, taking something raw and unformed but full of potential, and effecting a transformation through a making process. Something like ‘n...
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stitchin fingers, cyborg knitting, and the threads of story
A couple of things have caught my eye recently … First is the new social network, Stitchin Fingers, started a few days ago by Sharon B of In a Minute Ago, and already looking like a great place for...
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Woolfest 2008
Although I’ve already posted today, I wanted to write about the Woolfest before I go away or the memory will have faded. It’s a wonderful show – a combination of all the elements of fibre arts – from...
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the story of a scarf
I set out to make a scarf. An easy one – big needles, a ball of fancy fluffy yarn and a simple triangular scarf pattern from the web, where you just increase one stitch at the beginning of each row. As...
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Fabric of Britain
For those who can access the BBC, a new TV series coming up on BBC4 sounds interesting – a “series of three documentaries exploring Britain’s relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework...
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happy new year
I wish you all a very creative, fruitful and happy 2008. We had a lovely time over Christmas with both our daughters staying and other family members visiting – it went in a whirl, and then suddenly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TIF Challenge January 3
I spent some time this weekend sampling and exploring my ideas – I was planning to stop with the visual journal and not make a textile piece but one is emerging anyway. Here I’ve tried out some ways of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TIF Challenge April 2
My response to Sharon’s April TIF challenge is about craft as change, taking something raw and unformed but full of potential, and effecting a transformation through a making process. Something like ‘n...
View ArticleClik here to view.
stitchin fingers, cyborg knitting, and the threads of story
A couple of things have caught my eye recently … First is the new social network, Stitchin Fingers, started a few days ago by Sharon B of In a Minute Ago, and already looking like a great place for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Woolfest 2008
Although I’ve already posted today, I wanted to write about the Woolfest before I go away or the memory will have faded. It’s a wonderful show – a combination of all the elements of fibre arts – from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
the story of a scarf
I set out to make a scarf. An easy one – big needles, a ball of fancy fluffy yarn and a simple triangular scarf pattern from the web, where you just increase one stitch at the beginning of each row. As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fabric of Britain
For those who can access the BBC, a new TV series coming up on BBC4 sounds interesting – a “series of three documentaries exploring Britain’s relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework...
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