Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
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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Here is Knit (you may have met him at the weekend in this post) with Granny Square. Granny Square thought it looked such a lovely day that it would be nice to go outside for a family photo. Purl is sitting nicely… …but Knit is fooling around. He did come and sit still in the […]
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Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 26! This week, I had an email from Emily’s Mum, who blogs over at Quilty Doings. She has a friend who keeps a small flock of Rare Breed Ryeland sheep as a hobby and he currently has some really beautiful wool for sale. If you are looking for yarn […]
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Now, all of a sudden, A Merry Ho, Ho Said, “It’s time to knit warm Winter woollies you know.” And I said, “ It’s only The middle of May The Summer is coming So please go away! I haven’t the right sort Of wool anyway.” But that Merry Ho, Ho, He would not go away! […]
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Welcome to another Wool on Sundays! Thank you very much to everyone who stopped by last week. This week, I have been working on a couple of (still unfinished) secret projects and today I was going to share some tiny peeks of knitting and crochet but, as the weather and my internet connection don’t get […]
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