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Swiss Darning
Swiss Darning To add colour to a previously knitted item, Swiss darning is perfect. Swiss darning or duplicate stitch as it is sometimes known, can be used to strategically place a pre-designed motif to reflect the wearer’s personality. Swiss darning can be applied in the moment, as the mood takes you. I knitted a garmentContinue reading “Swiss Darning”
Crochet – Twirls
What to Make with Wool Do you have a stash of wool yarn? If so, I am quite sure that you have small amounts of yarn which are left over from projects too. Do you sometimes wonder what you can make with this bits and pieces? It is the small amounts of yarn that we can use toContinue reading “Crochet – Twirls”
Knitting – Thrums
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Fleece is Being Composted or Incinerated
That is what we hear and it is such a shame. This country grew rich from sheep fleece (I shall leave that subject for another time). Fleece is versatile and sustainable but we do not use it all. We should not waste fleece. Even spinners, myself included, will spread out a fleece and separate theContinue reading “Fleece is Being Composted or Incinerated”
Sheep and Shearing
From a hand spinner’s perspective. Sheep seem such simple souls. Left in a field to their own devices, they grow fleece and make lambs. Simple. Not so, they require a person with a job (career) all of their own, dedicated to them i.e. shepherd/ess. Of course farmers manage a whole farm with endless work toContinue reading “Sheep and Shearing”
Foraging
Foraging for dye plants is like panning for gold. In old American western films you will often see a gold prospector, swishing water and gravel around a shallow metal basin. He concentrates intently on his search, until suddenly his eyes widen and he becomes very excited. He has found GOLD! Well foraging is a bitContinue reading “Foraging”
A very warm welcome to you. This is a bit of space where I can share my making musings, successes and complete failures. It’s all a learning experience: we never stop learning. The most important thing is to (as my friend Jane reminds me) have fun. About 5 years ago, another friend, Rita gave meContinue reading
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