Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
A very Merry Mid Summer (or Mid Winter) to you :) I feel I have been a long time away and there are many reasons for that. Probably the most interesting, has been the making of the lighthouse – not least that it has overtaken the Makery to to the point that it is next […]
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OLD WOOL Some people say Granny Square is as old as the hills. Some say she has certainly been around since the first person took up the first ball of yarn and the first bent hook and began working a patchwork blanket in brightly coloured wool – or perhaps she was that person? The only […]
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Welcome to the 50th Wool on Sundays! This week I have made some new clothes – Purl has a new dress and scarf and Knit has a new jumper and scarf (though, unfortunately they are both still going barefoot and Knit has mislaid his trousers). And, I can finally introduce you to ‘Old Wool’. Old […]
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The threads mark the centre of the face (the horizontal thread is the eyeline). The pin marks centre point for hair. Crochet chain pinned to mark hairline (front) Crochet chain pinned to mark hairline (back) Stitch crochet chain to head Stitch a loop under the place the bun will go with […]
Read More…Welcome to another Wool on Sundays! Have you been working with wool or yarn this week? One of the things I love about yarn is the way you can unravel it. I agree that unravelling to correct a mistake isn’t much fun but I do like the way you can change your mind and start […]
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Nowadays, with all the roaring of traffic and blaring out of music and televisions, it’s more difficult to hear it. But still, if you listen carefully, throughout the Autumn months, you can hear a quiet contented purring sound. That is the clicking of needles and whirring of sewing machines as all the Grannies take up […]
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One Summer’s day, Knit and Purl arrived at Granny Square’s caravan and found her busy knitting a draft excluder to go across her front door. “Isn’t it a bit hot to be making that?” asked Knit. “On the contrary,” said Granny Square, “I’m not going to have another Winter with the North Wind whistling around […]
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If you have been thinking that Granny Square’s hair looks a bit like a bird’s nest, there’s a reason for that: One morning, Granny Square was out of sorts. “As soon as you have finished your breakfast, I’d like you to go all round the caravan oiling the hinges, Knit,” she said. “Something has been […]
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This post is adapted from the Tutorial which accompanies my Basic Jointed Cloth Doll Pattern. I’m posting it here because the techniques used are readily transferable to many patterns for dolls and softies (although some patterns will have some pieces that will have to be cut with a seam allowance and sewn in the traditional […]
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