Just about the minute I started playing with embroidery, I started playing with textiles and…
Category: Crafty
I love to make things ALMOST as much as I love to talk about the things I make. Fibre, textiles, yarn, items found in nature… I love them all.
You’ll find tutorials, showcases, rambles and stories here.
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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Crafting fail: wet-felting on a ball method
So I am a pretty clever crafter. I can usually figure things out even if…
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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Experiment: Wet felting on a tennis ball
I’m still quite new to the world of felting and wet felting, and I’m enjoying…
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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A wet-felting slipper class with OVWSG
I think I’ve mentioned before that I joined the Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild…
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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Felted car diffuser – or just a pretty decoration
A lot of what I’m doing these days is experimenting – seeing something or having…
Crafty
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A craft catastrophe
I’ve always loved acorns. We live in a neighbourhood that is plentiful with towering oak…
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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Weekend project: Embroidered monogram bookmark
Making an embroidered monogram bookmark out of fabric scraps was (supposed to be) a quick…
Felt, fibre and other stitchery
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A witch-making party on Friday the 13th
Could there be a better date than a Friday the 13th just a few days…
Knitting and crochet
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The sweater that broke my heart: Painful lessons in colour contrast and the properties of superwash yarn
The moment I saw the pattern for the Writer’s Block sweater by Alex Capshaw-Taylor, I knew…