It is, perhaps, a little early for a Spring Clean in my craft room, but it is definitely time for a good reorganisation. Mostly because my desk is currently covered in magazines, stamp sets and crafty gifts which haven’t found a home yet. And various non-crafty things which also need a home, and my desk… Continue reading If In Doubt – Organise!
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Stitch by Stitch: Where In The World Am I?
Back in – July, was it? – I packed away my big cross-stich project of a world map because of a move. I’ve only just unpacked it. I’d done so well in the first half of 2021, doing some each month, feeling like it was possible to finish. Like it might be finished by now.… Continue reading Stitch by Stitch: Where In The World Am I?
Card of the Week: Birthday Mice
With Christmas and New Year festivities now over, I’m back to birthday cards. Maybe Mothering Sunday or Easter cards, or random just-because cards. Maybe, this year, I will manage Christmas cards throughout the year, so there isn’t a mad rush in the autumn. I know, I say that every year. But this (last) year I… Continue reading Card of the Week: Birthday Mice
The Start of 2022
Year Two of the Great Plague of Covid is now behind us. The Great Plague, of course, is still with us. Not that it affected either Christmas or New Year plans for me, other than to use a walk-in centre to get my booster jab and having to deal with a headache side-effect for a… Continue reading The Start of 2022
Emma vs Bridget: The Battle of the Hooks
Last month, I made Emma the Bunny from Edward’s Menagerie. I used a Women’s Institute Premium Acrylic DK 100g ball of yarn with a 3mm hook, as suggested in the pattern. But the yarn suggested that a 4mm hook should be used with it. Since I had another couple of balls of the same WI… Continue reading Emma vs Bridget: The Battle of the Hooks
Card of the Week: Mice Making Popcorn
Most of my card-making at the moment is for Christmas cards, but there has been the odd birthday card too. Including this one, made using a House Mouse stamp from Stampendous, and coloured with pencils. A very simple sort of card: just stamp and stick. And colour. House Mouse stamps are very good for cute,… Continue reading Card of the Week: Mice Making Popcorn
Emma the Bunny
When it comes to crochet, I am a huge fan of simple patterns and projects. Anything that requires thinking beyond counting rounds or stitches tends to be filed away under the “One Day” section of my crochet projects. Especially as I have a tendency to leave large periods of time between crochet projects. However, Toft’s… Continue reading Emma the Bunny
Card of the Week: The Christmas Stocking Mouse
Last year, I finally got around to stitching a few Hobbycraft Christmas cross-stitch kits. A couple were from the previous year, which I'd put off because of the dreaded fractionals, and the others were new. The intention was to use them for Christmas cards. Naturally, that didn’t happen, then. They've been hanging around my craft… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Christmas Stocking Mouse
The New Craft Room
One of the more annoying aspects of the move was that I’d almost got my craft room just right. And then I had to pack it up and move it 200 miles, to a new room. And the smaller Kallax was requisitioned to make a divider to separate the new reading nook from the rest… Continue reading The New Craft Room
Card of the Week: The Autumn Squirrel
Now we’re in October, we’re definitely in Autumn. The leaves aren’t very golden at the moment, though, which is a bit of a shame. We have, though, had squirrels preparing for a winter sleep by fattening themselves on the suet bird-feeder we put out. It took the squirrels all of about two days to empty… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Autumn Squirrel
Life Ever Crafting 