My best friend lives far away so every year we open our Christmas presents over the phone a bit early. It's been our annual tradition for the last 12 years. We opened them last week so I can finally show you what I made her. I've
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I've made a few Christmas presents for people this year but this mens scarf is the only one I can reveal at the moment. Scott and I braved the cold to snap a few photos before it went in the post. This scarf is knitted in Fisherman'
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One of my favourite things about Autumn is digging out my wool and needles to work on new projects! This time I wanted to make a jumper. I've made a couple of owl jumpers and am confident with that pattern so I decided it was time to try
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It's that time of the year again folks - dig out your knitting needles for Innocents Big Knit 2014! The Big Knit is a collaboration between Age UK and Innocent to raise money for the Spread the Warmth Campaign. To get involved, all you need to do is
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Felix is a crochet frog. A friend of ours had a baby and this is the gift I made for their little boy. I found the pattern on Ravelry and couldn't resist his big eyes and beaming smile! What a charmer. I made a couple of small changes
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Back in April I started working on a Triangel Scarf. It's finally finished and has spent a few weeks sitting in my knitting basket so I thought it was about time I shared it with you before the weather gets too warm and everyone loses interest in knitting.
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I've started working on a smallish project to use up some of my ever growing yarn stash. I had wool left over from my Northmavine Hap; enough to make something but not enough for anything substantial. I found the Triangel pattern (Ravelry) - a small triangle shaped scarf.
When I finish a craft project I usually feel a bit 'meh' for a couple of days because my hands are not busy. Last week I was feeling that way because I'd finished my Northmavine Hap. Although I didn't have to wait long for
For my birthday this year I received Kate Davies' Colours of Shetland book. It contains patterns for some beautiful knitwear but with Summer on the way I decided to make the Northmavine Hap as it's something I could use before the Winter. The Northmavine hap is a
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I like to have a craft project to do over the Christmas holidays. It's one of the few times in a year you can sit down for hours at a time and forget about chores/all the other things you should be doing. So when I opened a
Let me introduce you to my little friends from the North Pole… I made these crochet reindeer and elves as part of a Christmas campaign for the company I work at and the idea was based upon the robot drop I did for toggle at the beginning of 2012. The
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This is the first of my crafty makes for Christmas. I'm making quite a few gifts and cards this year so I need to get cracking. 1 down! The blanket is a Christmas present for my Nan. I was trying to think of gift ideas for her but
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