Making
These are all the posts in the “making” section.
There are currently two sub-categories – crochet and wood stuff – but more will be added when I make new stuff!
You may also be interested in the DIY section.
Two people have asked me soap-making questions on Twitter this afternoon and I thought I’d post them over here as well because I know that not everyone is a Twit. Firstly, Clare of Three Beautiful Things asked: Do you have any soap cutting tips, please? I’ve just bought a large block and don’t want it [...]
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These are the socks I’m wearing today: (Well, the “undersocks” I’m wearing today – I’ve got some big fluffy ones on top – I feel nude if I’m wearing less than two pairs of socks in winter :) ) I’m good at stitching up small holes in socks but when it comes to threadbare patches [...]
It was a moment of serendipity when I spotted this book, Stitch Step by Step by Maggi Gordon and Ellie Vance, on the “new additions” shelf at the library back in September – I didn’t know it but I was about to get poorly sick — not ill enough to just collapse in a heap [...]
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ONE. Two of the chickens are in moult – Ginger the Black Rock and Ms Mauve, an ISA Brown. There have been a lot of feathers about in the coop and run but neither have gone too bald (… yet?). Both have lost their tail feathers so look strangely round and last week both lost [...]
I’ve just taking advantage of another lovely autumn morning to cut some more wood for use over winter. I was enjoying the sweet victory of finishing another log when I accidentally grazed the blade of the saw against my finger. It’s nothing – the hint of a graze, it drew red but not drops of [...]
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Inspired by Steel Kitten‘s “What’s in the knitting bag?” post, I thought I’d talk about what’s on my crochet hook. (I’m supposed to be having a week away from the computer this week doing crafty things — I’ve not been very successful at the “being away from a computer” thing so at least I should [...]
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