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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How to trace and transfer an image
We’ve started making Christmas cards. Youngest wanted to draw a dachshund wearing a Christmas hat. First few attempts frustrated him, so he asked if I’d print one out for him. No. Try tracing and transferring it. This was new to him. I explained that when I was his age, we […]
Read moreA 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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Needle felting, if you please’m.
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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