Loose threads

Posted by on Feb 28, 2007 in Craft, London Life | No Comments

this afternoon whilst in N London I had time to kill before an appointment, and wandered into The London Bead Company. I wasn’t expecting much, but it was one of those shop that seem like Alladin’s cave; they keep unfolding more and more things the further you go in. It’s a combination of bead shop ...

How lucky…

Posted by on Feb 22, 2007 in London Life | No Comments

is it to know someone who makes furniture? How lucky is it that he has time to make me one? Very!… I can’t wait…Oh yes, and he’ll have his own brand new website soon too! :)

Sheep & Snails…

Posted by on Feb 21, 2007 in Craft, Sketchbook | One Comment

The long awaited ‘deviant view of cinema’ has arrived. V’s new monthly film magazine, Electric Sheep, is launched and a cinema club is planned… Have a go at the Film Roulette – you might win! Other animals: If you remember the felt snails I made last year, you might be interested to know I’ve done ...

Phildar Swing Jacket Swatches

Posted by on Feb 18, 2007 in Craft | 2 Comments

After some humming and haawing I’ve picked a yarn! I’m going with the YT Aran (in Maze) as I think it will do justice to the structured pattern of the Swing Jacket. It was also made affordable thanks to ebay, or it would be a seriously pricey garment! The runner up was (and I surprised ...

Claudia Red Wagon you temptress…

Posted by on Feb 9, 2007 in Craft | No Comments

So.. You might have seen I picked up a few balls of beautiful, colourful yarns when we were over in NY… oh how they got me with their seductive stripes, their collusion of colours… Now to knit with them… I had been determined to knit socks and had dutifully done a class sock from the ...

Knots…

Posted by on Feb 8, 2007 in Craft | 2 Comments

Just saw that Softies Central linked to me for the french knots on my snails :) They are running a softie competition, so I put in the snails and one of the creatures to see how they fare… good luck felty friends!