RAINBOW HARE

WIP

A marathon of chain piecing… Some hand piecing… And a rough preview of how it goes together. My not too Christmassy quilt is finally underway and I’m linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday to celebrate having some WIP again at last! Happy Sewing! Janine @ Rainbow Hare

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 3 (pink socks and a doll dress)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays :) Until extremely recently, I would have said life is too short to be knitting socks but my eldest daughter loves socks and yesterday was her birthday so, having suddenly been persuaded by blogland that true beauty, quality and endurance can be found only in the hand-knitted sock, I took […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013. Week 8.

Welcome to MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013, WEEK 8. Thank you, again, to everyone who is joining in and linking up with making Christmas. Only 25 sewing days to go until Christmas – here at least. Depending where you are in the world Santa might be paying you a visit even sooner! The Pinterest board gets more and more inspiring […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Winter Doll – A Friday Finish.

It’s Friday and after my longest sewing break since I began quilting and blogging, I have finally sewn something! I’m most pleased with the shaping I managed to get into the felted dress and with the legs and I’m least happy with face. I can’t really complain, though, because getting good faces clearly takes a […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 2 (a beret and some WIP)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays! If you’re wondering Why wool? and Why Sundays? you can find an explanation here. I’ve had a very hard-to-keep-up-with-blogs-week but I really did appreciate everyone’s encouragement and enthusiasm and I’d like to thank everyone who commented and linked up. I’m hoping to get back on track this week :) Luckily, […]

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WOOL ON SUNDAYS – 1 (about page and felted mittens)

Until about ten years ago, I used to knit a lot but then I virtually gave it up. This was partly because my children became teenagers and decided they didn’t want home made clothes any more (Note to younger Mums – this is just a phase and once they become young adults they’ll be asking you […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013. Week 6.

Welcome to MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013, WEEK 6. 38 sewing days left before Christmas and you can see from the Pinterest board, that everyone is making fantastic progress with their lists :) Here are a couple of items that caught my eye: Cute Rings from Amanda A very stylish quilt from Nesta An amazing Robin Block from […]

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MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013. Week 5

Welcome to MAKING CHRISTMAS, 2013, WEEK 5. Thank You to everyone who linked up last week. I’m featuring a couple more makes, today, from the Pinterest board, which is really starting to fill up now with some brilliant makes :) Fabulous Quilt finish from Rebecca Amazing Lace from Jaqui Fun Fish from Elizabeth This week MAKING […]

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WIP

I have some quick, happy coloured finishes – yay! But this has been my real WIP this week. I feel like I’ve spent nearly every waking moment knitting. I was lucky enough to win the Refraction Shawlette pattern in a giveaway hosted by Nat at Made in Home – You can see Nat’s beautiful version here – But although I’ve got a […]