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I’ve been getting rid of clutter at home : finding paper to recycle and old clothes to give away or upcycle. Some I’ll keep for personal reasons. Consider the outfit below for instance. It’s perhaps not

I have been looking forward to trying my free sewing machine. I needed to screw into place the thread mast and as you can see from the picture collage above I got on to the job and managed to do it - it

I had three extremely ripe bananas and the chickens had laid no eggs. I search 'egg free banana cake' and found this recipe. It was fast to make and bake because I didn't use a loaf tin but a baking tray.

Challenge accepted, @jamethiel. This is for the #three-wishes started by @epicdave. I read your post really carefully and I first wondered whether the power of wishes could be strengthened by wishing the

I am feeling really pleased at the moment. I got this industrial sewing machine through Freecycle. This is a great system of finding a welcome new home to items you don't particular want to sell. I found

Source The Spring & Summer 2019 Knitty issue has been released and as always there is a great selection of free knitting patterns and tutorials! Just in case you don't know, Knitty is 'the longest-running

This was a fun project for me. To clarify, I don’t wear make-up but care deeply about my choices and those of people around me. I also love making things and crocheting - making these little circles was

Thank you very much for running this competition, @deemarshall! Also thanks to @organduo and @laputis for the prize donation. Here's my clown entry... about to become mayhem :D watercolour by @cryptocariad

Good morning, #Needleworkmonday ! I was so surprised by a present I received from @neumannsalva last week that I needed to show it to you. It’s a wonderfully hand dyed skein of wool yarn you can see in

That's part of my latest finished project. It's a lap blanket I made in Marriner's Super Chunky acrylic that a friend gave me ages ago. The label suggests size 10 knitting needles, but as I didn't have

Good morning #needleworkmonday ! Last week I was once again impressed by @pempumaking's beautiful alpaca - If you haven't seen it, have a look here : It's no secret that I like alpacas, llamas, vicuñas

I found this clear ‘all-in-one’ amigurumi pig crochet pattern by chance - @mivstar called it a 'nano pig'. The pattern is extremely clear but as I had to stop so many times while making it I got a bit

Thank you all so much for your support during this year and for your advice about this stitch @fiberfrau, @muscara, @shanibeer, and @kimmac. I have to be quite ‘deliberate’ when knitting this two colour

I've already had to unravel this little scarf quite a few times. In fact, unravelling and then trying to find how to 'catch' the loops for each stitch is also hard; practice makes perfect :D I've been

It only took a few seconds to take a photo of the beautiful reflection on the river Tywi (or Towy) this misty morning. The bridge is known as the Williams-Ellis bridge after the architect who designed

I'm sorry to disappoint you as this post isn't about baking delicious brioche bread. After discovering that double knitting will create a nice and thick fabric perhaps not flexible enough for a scarf,

After quite a few false starts trialling this technique, I managed to make a coaster measuring 8.5 cm square. The resulting knitted 'fabric' is quite thick so I'm not entirely sure it's suitable for a

It's been so nice to be able to get a bit of peaceful time to do bits of sewing and knitting today. I had to adjust the shape of the pennant I showed you yesterday. @mivstar needed it to be smaller and

Although it may look as an apron or a pocket, it's a pennant to display pins and badges. @mivstar asked me to make one for her ages ago. She wanted it this shape, but if you're planning to make one for

I'm not particularly making this project under any time pressure, but I was just wondering whether there is an ideal length to make a scarf that's then going to become an infinity scarf. I managed to get