Rag bracelets

I’m back after far too long a break working on this knitting book. I now teach a sewing class for teens every Tuesday afternoon and this week I am going to try some bracelets from Box of Trix’s lovely blog. My versions of her plaited rag bracelets are shown below and I’m hoping the girls [...]

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Mother of the groom

My running friend Veronica is getting ready for her son Paul’s wedding next weekend in Manchester – and I’ve been helping her decorate her fascinator. Her dress is the most gorgeous deep red silk with black lace flowers – so sorry she’s modelling here in an orange T-shirt. But I hope you get the idea. [...]

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Hats on to Louis

After a few refashioning disasters, I spent today making a couple of pull-on hats for my friend Claire to keep her warm when she’s out on her winter runs. Then my son Louis, 12, wanted a hat, too. Only he didn’t want something quite so simple. He wanted one with ear flaps, plaits and a [...]

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Easiest ever scarf

I am the world’s slowest knitter but managed to make this warm scarf from my stash of knitting wool in just a couple of evenings. Unfortunately I never mastered the art of keeping my right hand on the knitting wool when I wind the wool round the needle so I’m never going to get much [...]

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Vital wrist warmers

Well ok, not exactly vital even though the weather’s turned a bit chilly. But still fun – and the quickest ever clothes recycling project I’ve ever done. These were created from the sleeves of a much loved but way past it cardigan. I seamed them as they were a bit bell shaped, leaving a gap [...]

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