The weekend I tried to teach myself to stitch
I really only want to know embroidery so I can write/stitch really cool quotes and phrases. And then I can hang them on the wall or put them on cushions. But I have a lot of practicing to do first....
View ArticleEmbroidering things
I’ve been embroidering. I asked a question on A Sheepish Girl‘s (oh so lovely) blog about what stitch she uses for her text, I’ve been itching to try back stitch ever since. It’s just like knitting but...
View ArticleMerry Happy Everyone!
I hope everyone has a fantastic day, whatever you’re doing, whether that’s working, volunteering, spending time with friends, family, or the Internet. I’ll be taking a break until after the new year....
View Article13 in 2013
These type of posts are dime a dozen at this time of year. Everyone is enthusiastic about what the year will bring. I’ve always set informal goals for myself. • I have the usual goals that I set every...
View Articlea cure for cast-on-itis (+FO#13)
New crafts!!! I did spent 6 hours untangling a ball of yarn! Looking back I don’t even know how I managed to be patient for that long. But I had a plan to dye that yarn and didn’t want to waste it....
View ArticleI knew I kept things for a reason
I’ve had these jeans for ages. After a month of wear they developed a tear in the crotch. And yet for some reason I kept them. It’s a family trait. We don’t like wasting things and so reusing scraps or...
View ArticleJewellery for knitting
I’ve been putting off knitting Parcel for the silliest of reasons. The stitch markers I had were annoying, A while ago, inspired by knitnrun4sanity’s; jewellery making adventures, I bought some...
View ArticleFun with permanent markers
Possibly my favourite part of grocery shopping is checking out the stationery section. It’s not even a whole aisle but depending on what’s in stock you can usually find something interesting, new, or...
View ArticleEmbroidery hoop art
There are some things you just can’t do when you’re a cat owner. One of these things is having a tea cup on your bed side table as a jewelry holder. Cats will jump on it causing the clinking of China...
View ArticleI made cushions!!
I can make cushion covers. I can sew straight seams. Ok well it took me a little while and a I had to unpick a couple, but I got there in the end. When Spotlight recently had a 30% off everything sale...
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