I am sure you know by now that I love wool. I love how versatile it is, the sheer amount of things you can do with it. It is cool in summer and warm in winter. It is the most natural of materials and is probably the only animal product (as well as dairy) which…
Knitting is possibly one of the oldest crafts in the world. Indeed, the oldest knitted items are socks found in Egypt from the 11th century. With a technique so old, you would think there weren’t many new ideas with wool. Well, you’d be wrong. The latest craze is extreme knitting which uses massive needles and…
When I wrote my post of goals for the New Year, I was full of 1st of January enthusiasm. I had been following Sally, founder of I Can Craft for a while on Twitter and, just happened to see a tweet from her at the right time. Within a couple of days, I had enrolled…
My paternal grandmother is the reason behind my love of wool-long before I married a sheep farmer. She was always knitting and I remember getting one go those little dollies with pegs on the top which started my relationship with yarn. I imagine I was about seven when she started to teach me to knit…
I have always loved knitted things and, being the wife of a sheep farmer, I feel like loving wool is, in some way, helping the industry. I am a member of a farming Facebook group called Ladies in Livestock and, earlier in the year, just as I had given birth to Baby J, I spotted…
I’ve seen loads of memes on social media this week about the fact when Halloween is over, Christmas will be in full throttle in the retail world. To be honest, that is how I feel. If you’re a crafter, you’ve probably been making Christmas things for ages anyway-just to get them done. Last month, I…
So here it is. The first ever #WhatIMade. Are you excited? I am. This is the linky for everything you have made: cooking, baking, crafts, things you have made with children- anything really as long as you made it. The other good thing about it is the things you have made don’t necessarily have to…
I’ve been thinking about a new blogger linky for a while now. Bloggers make such a huge amount but I have yet to find a linky where you can showcase a variety of things. I have therefore decided to have a go at #WhatIMade every month. The linky will open on the first of every…
The blog has been a bit quiet the last week or two. As regular readers know, I like to post five times a week-sometimes more but I haven’t recently. There is a reason. You see I have a small amount of free time and, what time I have, I write. Recently though, my hands have…
My Dad’s mum taught me knitting when I was a very little girl. Nana Clancy had the patience of an angel and always picked my stitches up for me. I knitted hundreds of ‘scarves’ for my toys and I really do owe my love of the needles to her. I’ve knitted on and off ever…
