Crafty Creations

Now that I’ve come out regarding my addiction to all things spinning, I can tell you about The Spinning Box! I’d been watching people talking about it for a few months on some of the spinning groups I’m in on Facebook, and I was soooo tempted. It’s a themed box, which is packed with random fibery goodness for you to enjoy. …

Back in 2015 I wrote about my new spinning obsession. I had just visited a craft fair with my friend Nerissa, and while I was there, I picked up a drop spindle and some fiber. Well, since then my spinning obsession has sort of come and gone. I tried a few different types of spindles, trying to find the right …

As promised, I am back with a bit more to show of my new Hopscotch pattern! I won’t show it in full just yet, but you can get a wee bit of an idea, I think. I mentioned in my previous post that this is not a triangular shawl, as I needed a change from that. It is still neckwear, …

After I got the Between the Lines MAL out of the way, I really wanted to work with whirl some more. I liked how you can knit 1km (or 2km!) of yarn and still squish it up enough to fit in your purse. Also, with a previous mystery design being quite heavy in weight (which was an issue as I …

I’m all set and ready to go for the new Scheepjes Mini-MAL! Have you heard of it already? It’s appropriately named a ShroomAlong and has been designed by one of our newest Scheepjes bloggers, Matt, from A Boy & Bunting. The official start date is tomorrow, June 4th, 2018! No, don’t worry all you North American digital date readers, you …

This week the new Scheepjes Yarn Book-a-zine was released and the theme is WOMAN! It’s celebration of women in all of our various forms and roles in life and I’m so proud to be a part of this issue. You can get a sneak peek of mine and some of the other wonderful designs on the cover, with even more …

Today Scheepjes has released my new Weathered Cowl pattern as one of their After Party Booklets. Like my Night Watch Cowl, this is designed using Scheepjes Sweetheart Soft to create the most amazingly soft lining. The outer cowl is made using the fair isle technique in two coordinating colours of Scheepjes Spirit yarn. This is the perfect cowl for those of …

A confluence is defined as a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like, which is the perfect name for the flowing together of the combination of two different colourways of Scheepjes River Washed yarn. This is an easy knit that makes a great project for someone who wants practice in knitting in the round. It can be knitted on double pointed needles …

When the new Our Tribe yarn was released, I decided that I wanted to do a swatch of every colour, because I think that a lot of people find it difficult to get a real idea of what the yarn was like just from looking at it wounds up in the balls. I thought that it may be useful to …

My lovely braided Pinterest hack cowl is complete, it worked out exactly as planned, and it has a name! When I put a shout out asking for a name I got quite a few interesting suggestions, but there was one that stood out and struck a chord with me… Thanks Eliza! I think it really suits this project both in the …

(Slice ‘O’ Cherry Pie and Green Tea Tipple) Welcome to the RBTL + CBTL Make-Along! If you are here, it means you’ve decided to join us and make the Read Between the Lines shawl, the original design that kicked off this amazing journey! Due to the enthusiasm about these patterns, many people have already started working on them, but that’s ok …