Yearly Archives: 2010
The boy done good.
He bought me three huge hardback craft reference books for Christmas. My favourite: Martha Stewart’s Encyclopaedia of Craft. Don’t be put off by the naff soap image on the front – the rest of it is awesome.
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I am out of the office.
Normal Make And Do With Perri service will resume after I’ve eaten lots of mince pies. Have a smashing Christmas.
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I moved house this week.
And I found a bag of jewellery stuff that I bought in New York. In just a couple minutes I made these little earrings.
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The night I made chocolate.
Chocolate martinis, chocolate bars, chocolate truffles… After this evening with Green and Blacks I’m not eating chocolate until, ooh, sometime next week.
My gran’s awesome quilt.
She died when I was about 11, but she was an uber-crafter. And since I move into my new house this week with the boyfriend, my mum wondered if I wanted it. Erm, yes please! Look how sweet it is.
Deck the decks.
The Seaside Sisters’ craft fair this weekend. YuleTIDE’10 Sat 18th & Sun 19th December, 11am – 4pm, LV21 Lightship, Gillingham Pier, Pier Approach Rd, Kent, ME7 1RX, Admission: free SO MANY NAUTICAL PUNS!
Filed under Christmas shizzle, Craft events, People who make and do
“But these offerings are poor imitations of the original product. They are machine-made garments, often mass-produced in China. They bear no relation to the masterpieces Mary produces.”
The Daily Mail says something good about craft, and this Fair Isle business. But had a comment from Angela Wiseman from Fair Isle on my blog yesterday. Take a look. She commented on the Mail piece, disagreeing with some of … Continue reading
“I spent my last bit of money on a pink metallic crochet bikini and some high heels.”
Oh Jerry Hall, how we love you for choosing pink crochet.
Filed under Craft on the interweb, Crafty slebs, crochet, Guardian stuff
Last year I met Lida at the V&A, and she told me about her forthcoming book …
… and here is it, The First To Know. And there’s a chunk on the rise of knitting too – take a butchers at the Cool Knitting video here.
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Hullo Mr Chicken, don’t you look toasty?
‘Knitted bikini keeps rescued chickens warm’ (via the Daily Mirror.)
