Category Archives: Crafting

2021 Knitting Plans

Pippa 23rd January 2021 11 Comments

A round up of the Knitting plans for 2021.

2021 Sewing Plans

Pippa 19th January 2021 10 Comments

A round up of the patterns I plan to sew for my 2021 Make Nine selection

2020 Makes

Pippa 9th January 2021 11 Comments

Selfie of me wearing my rust coloured Wave of Change jacket. A cropped length bulky Lopi wool knit cardigan.

A round up of most of the making that I got done in 2020.

Although most crafters that both sew and knit consider knitting to be a winter craft and sewing is for the summer, I have always tended to be the other way round. The portable nature of knitting means that it is perfect for taking sailing with me over the summer, but even I was a bit surprised to find myself knitting… Read more »

Me-Made-May, Pledge and week 1

Pippa 5th May 2020 6 Comments

a few rows of pale blue darning on a dark blue thermal sock, resting on the head of a polar bear teddy from IKEA

So somehow May has arrived already, personally I am finding that this lockdown is going so quickly which is totally not what I was expecting from being forced to stay at home. I think it is probably becuase there is less to delinate the days and separate them from one another. Now May has arrived so has Me-Made-May and I… Read more »

Autumn Knitting

Pippa 6th October 2019 3 Comments

Taking a look at the special yarns in my stash and some possible patterns to let them see the light of day again…

Autumn Plans – Pippa

Pippa 1st October 2019 7 Comments

So now that I am starting to get back into the hibernating/craftathon stage of the year (Ie Autumn/winter) I am starting to plan out the things that I want to make. Some for me and some for presents for Christmas, yes I said that word, because if I want to make everything again this year I need to start soon!Here… Read more »

Nikki’s Me-Made-May Pledge

Nikki 4th May 2019 No Comments

So since may has actually started and me-made-may is underway I thought I should probably drag myself out of my writing rut and get my pledge written up and on to the blog! So here it is… For those of you that haven’t heard of me-made-may it’s a monthly challenge that started with sozo on her blog. The idea of… Read more »

Wardrobe Basics: Rachel Shirt

Pippa 3rd March 2019 5 Comments

One of the things that I have been planning on making for ages is one of the biggest wardrobe staples there is, a buttoned-up collared shirt. I have made a couple of shirts before and even a full-length buttoned shirt dress but never a “simple” shirt. When Seamwork released the Rachel Shirt I downloaded it straight away and printed it… Read more »

Nikki’s Sasha Trousers

Nikki 25th February 2019 No Comments

So it’s been a very long time since I’ve actually written a blog post on here. I have a few drafts that got half finished but I never actually got around to posting them because I didn’t get the time or life just got in the way. Probably mainly that I didn’t get round to sorting out decent photos and… Read more »