Category: Arts and Crafts

  • It’s time for Episode 4 of Along The Lanes, my knitting podcast. I announce the winner of the Exploration Station vote – thanks for helping me pick! I’ve got a Finished Object, many WIPs and fun new ideas. Oh and I show you…

  • Episode 3 of Along The Lanes, my knitting podcast about knitting, crafts and fluffy things, is now up on YouTube. In this episode, I show off rainbow noodle yarn, start flirting with a few future projects, and I can’t make…

  •   When the post arrived, I couldn’t keep my hands off this huge bag of yarn! Take a look at the short EasyKnits special episode for the fantastic yarn that arrived last week! 😀

  • Last night, I published Episode 2 of Along The Lanes, my new podcast about knitting, crafts and fluffy things. This week, I’m sharing some progress updates, the story of my most worn and least worn Finished Objects, and opening some exciting…

  • After talking about it for… months? or years? I’ve finally got my act together and recorded my first podcast / vlog about knitting, crafts and squishy yarny things. I had so much fun recording and editing the first one that it’ll…

  • Lately, I’ve been feeling like my brain might explode. We’ve been fairly busy with work, but it’s all been good, manageable work towards our next product. Yet, as soon as I have time to spare, my head goes back to crafts and…

  • As they say. when it rains, it pours! No blog posts in 9 months, and now two in one day? The woman’s gone mad! On Monday, my new spinning wheel arrived; an Ashford Joy 2. It’s a dinky little thing, intended…

  • Before I begin with my tutorial, I’ve been meaning to post this since last year, but back when I first spent a few hours putting the post together, the dog ate my homework Squarespace ate my blog post. Disheartened as I was,…

  • While you might associate knitting and fleecy activities to the depth of winters, to me, it’s a year-round activity. Every year, Ravelry members organise an event that follows in the footsteps of the Tour de France. Rather than making a…

  • In the rare stolen moments of freedom I’ve had these past few months, I’ve found great enjoyment in yarn spinning; taking fluffy stuff and turning it into usable, knittable yarn. Over the past 9 months, I discovered the art of…