Learning to Knit
Learning to knit. Some ways to get started on your knitting journey …
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A Grand Day Out
Recollections of A Grand Day Out at the Great London Yarn Crawl 2017 …
Fantasy Yarn Shop Crawl!
Join me on a ‘Fantasy Yarn Shop Crawl’ and visit 3 of the yarn shops on my ‘must visit’ list …
YarnLoveChallenge Week 4
A round up of YarnLoveChallenge Week 4
YarnLoveChallenge Week 1
At the beginning of February, a challenge was started by Mary Heather and Christina from Ravelry. The challenge is to post on Instagram or Ravelry every day in February related to the day’s theme: After posting for a few days, it occurred to me that I’d like to capture what I’ve posted in a slightly … [Read more…]
The Maker’s Year, Part 2: What does making means to me?
In The Maker’s Year, Part 2, I try to address the question that Kate from the A Playful Day podcast asked: “What does making mean to me?”. You can read Part 1 here, where I write a little about how I got to where I am now, craft-wise. When I was little, I made things. … [Read more…]
Blogging before blogging was A Thing … and how it relates to knitting, eventually.
Way back in the year 2000, my husband and I moved to Verona, Italy, for work. We both worked at the same company which had a presence in Verona. An opportunity came up to work out there for a year, and after much discussion, we decided to go for it. I was tidying up a … [Read more…]