We love snow here. Not that we get much, as a rule. Maybe a week or two each year. I can’t remember snow that settled in November before, but I could be wrong. This time of year tends to be stick season if you look up and mud season if […]
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Great shrinking jumpers…or the last of the dinosaurs
The last dinosaur is complete. He is a Pterodactyl made out of the softest shrunken woollen vests. He was the one I most wanted to make and the most difficult to get anywhere near right. (Going to make his eyes bigger.) I see TF playing with him in much the […]
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I finished another dinosaur, over the weekend. This is a doplidocus made from the felted remains of a favourite jumper of mine (sob!). I decided to go for one colour and add spots this time. Each of the dinosaurs take on character as I sew them up. This dinosaur’s head […]
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I love making homemade Christmas presents. My dream job would to be in the research and development department of Father Christmas’s workshops. At the moment, I am busy stitching and cutting whenever I can, but I have to be careful that the intended recipient is not with me. Now, I […]
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