The only thing better than a tea cosy is a vintage tea cosy, so today I’m showing you a Patons Craft Book from the 1950s and I’m also giving a copy away to a blog reader. Patons always seem to have a book full of small projects in print, and this is…
I’m back – and I have buttons!
It has been months since my last blog post and a lot has happened since then. A lot of knitting and a lot of other stuff. The day job has been consuming all my time and energy for several months. Things have settled down a bit now we’ve reach the end of…
April Shop Update
I just finished updating the shop with some new yarn for the colder weather. There are four new colours of Vintage Tweed 8ply. Each skein is plenty for a winter hat. I’ve also added four new colours of sock yarn – three on the Slipper and Shawl 4ply base which is a…
Retro Monday – Sirdar Dog Coats
Retro Monday is back after a year off. For anyone unfamiliar with my Retro Monday posts, it’s basically a peek into my vintage pattern collection. (I don’t share the pattern instructions themselves because I don’t own the copyright). This year I’ll have a theme for each month and and one of the…
New Year Knitting
The new year didn’t start well for my knitting because it’s just too hot. We’ve just come out of a five-day heatwave that promises to return next week. This is not good knitting weather. Instead of knitting, I kicked off the new year by sorting and cataloging. My yarn stash is now…
Button Gift Cards
Many of my friends knit or sew (or both), so this year I made up some button gift cards to add to presents. I’ll also slip them into Christmas cards for crafty friends that I don’t exchange gifts with. I made both Merry Christmas and Merry Knitmas versions as well as a…