Inglenook Fibers is a hand dyed fiber studio located just outside of Boston, and it’s one of the many ways that the Sisters of the Holy Nativity Convent are totally self supporting through craft. A few weeks ago one of my pen pals there, Mother…
I’ve got the time lapse bug again, and last weekend I spotted the perfect thing for my next experiment – a potted hyacinth. Apparently store bought plants are ‘forced’ to bloom by freezing and then thawing the bulb before sending it to the store. It…
I apologize for the image heavy post – and remember I’m a complete rookie at this, so I’m sure there are lots of things I could have done better – but here we go! I got my colours together (obvious, right?) a foam felting board…
I went to sleep on Saturday night and when I woke up these two buggers had snuck into the living room and set up camp. They’re ugly, but they’re my first fluff-babies so I’ve let them stay. We went for a walk in the music…
Is there any end to the things you can do with fibre? This weekend I picked up my first needle felting kit at the Purple Purl and decided to try this tutorial – except just as a patch instead of onto a sweater. This is…
Who doesn’t love custom stitch markers? They make knitting just a little more cheerful – and they’re super easy to make. I can’t take credit for this brilliant idea for snag-free markers, I got it from the fiber flux blog and I haven’t purchased stitch…
Happy New Year :) I wish you all a happy healthy 2013! A few months ago I received this email: Dear Shireen, I’ve seen your magnificent blog and fell in love with Newfoundland. We are redecorating our house and had been searching for a living…
I’d like to celebrate today with a free pattern for my awesome blog readers :) Thank you everyone, for making the Blue Brick such an enjoyable, inspiring experience! This simple slouch/touque is a quick, mindless, easy knit for both guys and gals, but really, it’s one…
Every year as part of our Christmas gift to our biggest client we print and frame a selection of my work – it’s always fun trying to choose the very best of what I have that year, and so awesome and satisfying to see it…
Looks like Reddit got hold of this post about my crochet camera cosy yesterday, and the blog stats went through the roof :) Thanks for the Reddit love! I’m deep in Christmas crafting, part of the gift plan this year is the restoration of these 2…
Los Guantes De Claudia made it to the front page of Ravelry today, this is a first for me! Woohoo!