I can really understand the concept of craft therapy. The idea of taking feelings and turning them into something tangible. Using your hands, to manipulate a craft material, is a way to change the mood. The hand’s touch feeds up to the brain and back again, turning feelings into communication, […]
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A Needlefelted Barn Owl. Not a nametape
“Have you sewn the nametape into my new joggers?” “Hmm. No. But I have made an owl. Look. I needlefelted it” “But I have PE today.” “Hmm. I meant too, but the owl made me. OK. Not true, but I just had to make it” Oh yes. Please tell me […]
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Which is your favourite Beatrix Potter character? I’m assuming here that you have one. I’ve adored her books, filled with beautiful pictures, delightful stories and idyllic settings, ever since I could first open a book. I desperately wanted to write, and more importantly, draw like her as I grew up. […]
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I’ve almost finished my latest sewing project. So rather than finishing it, I decided to pick up by needle felting kit and a big handful of spinning fleece, and make a sheep. As the fleece was from a Jacob sheep, it only seemed right to make a mini version of […]
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