Category Archives: Projects

Handmade Christmas Stocking

A few weeks ago the team at Turtle Mat asked if I’d like to take part in a Christmas Stocking challenge. They’ve done blogger craft campaigns for a couple of years, and I was keen to get involved. A few days … Continue reading

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Easy Needlecase Tutorial (and Giveaway) | Sewing

I made a super easy needlecase for my lovely friend Nadine, and filmed the process to show you how I did it! I talked about the original project in a previous post. This is the step-by-step tutorial as shown on … Continue reading

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Twelve Days of Christmas – Plum Street Samplers

The Twelve Days of Christmas…in APRIL?! I started a new cross stitch piece last week, and yes it is Christmas themed, and yes it is indeed only April… The Twelve Days of Christmas The new piece is a Plum Street … Continue reading

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Election Shawl – the finished pictures!

I last blogged about the Election Shawl in September – I started it in May last year, and finished it in November 2015, but for some reason it managed to escape the list of projects to talk about! So here … Continue reading

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Dr Who Scarf cast on!

I cast on my Dr Who scarf the other day. You have No. Idea. how excited I am about this project, although it has resulted in a little bit of an RSI relapse. I’ll be talking about that later, so hang … Continue reading

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Gas, Dust and Billions of Stars – free pattern!

I briefly mentioned “Gas, Dust and Billions of Stars” in a blog post last week, but I thought I’d do a post dedicated specifically to this galaxy scarf, with the added bonus of the written out pattern! I called the personal … Continue reading

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January 2016 FOs: accessorise to the max!

Following on from Wednesday’s post, here is a January 2016 FOs one! I feel like I’ve been really productive this month – whether or not this is actually the case, I’m not sure. At least I have a lot of … Continue reading

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Five Finishes from 2015

I had planned to do a ‘finishes from 2015’ post that had all of my finishes in it, and not only knitting… It turns out was a lot more productive than I had realised last year, and that post got really long. … Continue reading

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Those Ridiculous Welly Socks

I’ve been talking about ridiculous welly socks for a while, and it is time to unveil them! I was particularly unprepared for Christmas this year, and wondering what to make for everyone. When my dad suddenly said he wanted some … Continue reading

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Slouchy Hats

I got asked to do lots of commissions for Christmas this year, and one of the most popular was slouchy hats! The first one of these that I knitted was a while ago, and I did it for myself – … Continue reading

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