CSV swatch
This year Loop is taking part in CSV’s Make a Difference day on the 28th October… you can go up to the shop and knit these triangle-y squares* to make up blankets that CSV will donate to people in need… you will get tea and cakes too! * the one on the left is about ...
Fear of zips…
This is the second thing I’ve altered since reading the ‘Altered States’ feature in Bust (lovely illo by Mr Werewolf). One of the things it tells you about is how to just *cut straight across a zip*. I was shocked – surely it can’t be that easy? I had a dress that was waiting to ...
Thank you (not so) Secret Pal!
Thank you Fi – for the lovely things in my last – sniff – Secret Pal 8 parcel.. it has been fun waiting for the post, interesting getting stuff from Sweden, and now I have a new blog to read too! ‘Fab stuff from Fi’ included: 3 skeins of perfect pink alpaca 2 bars of ...
Atom brochure
As part of the freelance work I did for Atom, I had to design a brochure with some case studies of magazines they had published…Pretty pleased with how it came out, and it’s funny seeing my pencils and ruler in print!
Getting ready for September…
Had to make up a bunch of these iron on transfers for our shirts… they are part of the costumes we’ll be wearing on September the 9th – the night of the Actionettes present… Bad Girls! night… :)
Clapotis in Wales…
Just come back from a long weekend in Wales where some more of Clapotis was knitted… I’ve switched over from using stitch markers to just purling to show where the stitch eventually needs to be dropped.. much easier! An annoying thing using the Tapestry yarn however… I know that sometimes the wool snaps and there ...
The Clap (!!)
So.. about 2 years after everyone else has made one, I am starting another [Christmas] present and making a scarf version of Clapotis.. Blame the new Tapestry yarn from Rowan.. I saw a ball in blue hues that [someone] really likes and thought it’d make a great gift for her.. I’d often hear crazy craft ...
Australian swap
From the Jo Sharp Eclectic book that B sent – I’d like to make this jacket for a [whispers very quietly - Christmas] present, and maybe this cushion and these socks…
Last swim of the summer?
Thankfully the lido has secured funding so it will remain open in the coming summers.. However there is work to be done to renovate it, and Thames Water (in their infinite wisdom!) wants to start work at the end of August… Doesn’t seem too clever to me – closing it in high summer, but there ...
Swap with Tutti Fruiti
The lovely B wrote to me via Flickr to see if I’d do a swap with her in Australia… She wanted one of these cupcakes, and as it’s always interesting to see stuff from other countries, we included some yarn, homemade things, fabric and patterns as part of the swap… Am thrilled with the things ...
