The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

Glass tiles

This week I wanted to feature a new medium I’m playing with that everyone seems to love – using glass tiles to carry artwork. These tiles can be used to make pendants, fridge magnets, keychains, zipper pulls…. I’ll bet there are tons more that I…

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Pretty things =o)

Just some shots of recent work here, the first cosy mug has been finished and last night I made a cute little bracelet  with Tanis’ Blue Label Grape =o) Hand-thrown, two-handed, post-skating, hot chocolate wooly teacup =o) The crochet pattern is called ‘wave’ and the…

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Las Casas Colgadas

A quick photography post since not many (perhaps even close to none) of my friends are that interested in knitting ;o) The Casas Colgadas, or hanging houses of Spain are in a little town called Cuenca (A UNESCO World Heritage Site). Getting there by train…

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Blocking Lace

This week I finally finished the diagonal lace scarf I’ve been working on. This scarf was knit on 4mm needles, using 3 balls of Debbie Bliss Eco Baby (100% organic fair trade yarn) and the pattern for the wakefield scarf. Blocking A Scarf (or any…

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