Spring has sprung

To celebrate the temporary arrival of spring, and a really awesome family day out at Legoland, I’m offering 10% off everything in my Folksy and Etsy shops until Friday 1st April. Just stick the code SPRINGSPRUNG in the appropriate box at checkout, and you too can feel perky and enervated.

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More fungi……

I made some more variations on my Fungi beadweaving tutorial, so though I ought to share! This trio are based on the Ink Cap mushroom, and there are charts and instructions for using the tutorial methods to make these on p47. They’re mounted on a lovely wet felted pebble. This little one is actually not […]

Fungi Tutorial

Last Autumn I visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, and spent some time talking to the lovely Bev Caleno, a textile artist. I came away with a kit for a rock pool, which I’ve since made, but some of Bev’s other works with fabric fungi also intrigued me. When I made my […]

NEW TUTORIAL – Orbit

Orbit is a new tutorial, born from a pack of amazing intricately faceted hexagonal crystals from my regular supplier – I can’t resist trying new sparklies and a pack fell into my basket whilst I was restocking other lines. Absolute whoppers at 18mm across (21mm point to point) the colours and finishes were amazing, but […]

Knit & Stitch at Ally Pally 2024

I had a lovely sunny day for a trip up to Ally Pally yesterday for the Knitting & Stitching Show. It was mainly an inspiration trip, so I was pretty well behaved on the shopping front – getting there early allowed me to walk around all of the stands freely and make a list of […]