That's my name...

...from Stephanie. Look at that amazing presentation! Thank you x x

Bed Sox

I received a multitude of knitted gifts this Christmas. No less than three pairs of socks!

One pair from my mum, the others from my granny. And my mum made this crazy pin which I love...


My cousin made Baileys!

We wish you a knitted Christmas!

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First up is the hat I knitted for Big V, my aunt. It started life last year as a wrap but each row took about a thousand years to knit, but luckily it was the right size for a head so I just decreased the top and there you have it. It actually looks quite cool on.




This was also for Big V, a hottie cover. If you look closely you can see that the cables are slightly uneven...


Here fingerless mittens which after much deliberation and discussion ended up with my brother, who looks quite scary modelling them. Although I knitted the flaps, we decided they were stupid so he hasn't got them.



These were knitted while watching many 80's movies on TV over the Christmas period. They are for Frederike, (pronounced Fredereeka) who is my new baby German cousin.

Over Christmas I ate my weight in cheese and chocolate and now feel the need to eat only salad for the next week.

Merry Christmas!

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Twas the night before Christmas and only one sock was finished...

My challenge this Christmas was to knit my mum a pair of socks. Proper socks in sock wool on 4 needles. I made her some socks before (on 2 needles) and she shrank them. So, throughout December this is what I've been doing (VERY SLOWLY)...

Unfortunately, the final picture is my progress on the first sock on the way home for Christmas on the train. So on Christmas morning my mum opened one sock...

But by the end of the day, there were...TWO!!

I actually love knitting socks. I just said that.

Mary Mary

Here's Mary, I made her for my friend Leah for Christmas. She would like a knitted nativity so I will be adding to it each year...

And here she is posing next to 'Star' by Pamela Anderson. She's saucy...

Put a ring on it

Robert and I are making each other's wedding rings!

Our friend Nikki is an amazing jewellery maker and has a room in her house full of files, hammers, saws, crazy chemicals and terrifying soldering guns.

These rings are our prototype ones - made of silver. We wanted something that looked "beaten". The real ones are going to be yellow gold I think, melted down from a couple of old rings that have been donated to us (!!)

It was SO fun making my ring, and I am very proud of it. I dont think I have an aptitude for jewellery making, there are so many little processes. But I did like filing. And my 'bangs' are pretty even. And I love the sound the metal made when you put it in the water to cool down.

Rose, it's snowing here...

No craft, just an informative update for Rose. Here is a murderous icicle outside my kitchen window...

And look at these old skool (see, kind of craft / vintage related?) decorations in Somerset, they are my favourite...

Shelter from the storm

Knitted Christmas is underway. This is for 2 years old Baby (Bob) Dylan. Hopefully it will fit him, it's too small for me (which is a good start) and just right for this wooden mask...

Mum's the word...

My mum has been selling stuff at a craft fair! Here's her stall / ladder (made by my dad). I have given instructions that nothing is to be sold but just displayed and then all given to me.