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Sad news about Colinette Yarns

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Marie Irshad

I received a really sad email yesterday from Sam at Colinette yarns saying that they’d dyed their last hank and had closed their shop in Llanfair Caereinion. Colinette is the yarn company Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Knitting | Tagged colinette, Colinette Yarns, craft room, Jitterbug yarn, Knitting, Knitty, maker, making, Point 5 yarn, socks

Fabric Houses

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Marie Irshad — 2 Comments ↓

I was in Bath this weekend for my friend Helen’s Hen do. It was a crafty affair with a jewellery making session at The Makery followed by a little shopping. Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, jewellery making, Knitting, Sewing | Tagged craft room, Knitting, Sewing, socks, socks on two circs | 2 Comments ↓

Just about to cast off…

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

…the first sock. Will cast on for its mate tonight. Hope to have a pair by the end of the week.

Posted in Craft Room, Knitting | Tagged Knitting, Lang Jawoll Magic 6475, socks, socks on circular needles, socks on two circs | 1 Comment ↓

Quick Sock Update…

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

…because, yes. I’d forgotten about last week’s decision to try and blog on a Monday. So here’s my sock a week later. Have just been doing a little while I Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Knitting | Tagged Knitting, Lang Jawoll Magic 6475, socks, socks on circular needles, socks on two circs | Leave a reply

Plain Vanilla Socks…

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Marie Irshad — 3 Comments ↓

…and yet I never get bored of knitting them. Started knitting on the weekend using my usual toe up pattern and some Lang Jawoll Magic in shade 6475. I’m knitting Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Knitting | Tagged Fox, Knitting, Lang Jawoll Magic 6475, socks, socks on circular needles, socks on two circs | 3 Comments ↓

Look what came in the post…

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

…from France yesterday. It’s the Robe Reglisse dress pattern from Deer And Doe. I’ve never used one of their patterns before but the design is similar to a lot of Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Sewing | Tagged Doe And Deer, dressmaking, making, Robe Reglisse, sew, Sewing | Leave a reply

Knit All the Things…ish

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

Remember Jabba?   Here he is installed on Eric’s sofa. He takes most of it up! I had all of these grand plans for the Christmas break. I was going Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Knitting | Tagged crochet, Granny Squares, Jabba the Hutt Body Pillow, Knitting, Sewing | Leave a reply

How I squished Jabba the Hutt under my sewing machine…

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

…and he only clogged the feed dogs once! If you own Bonnie Burton’s “Star Wars Craft Book” then you’ll be familiar with the Jabba the Hutt Body Pillow. A few Continue Reading →

Posted in Craft Room, Sewing | Tagged Bonnie Burton, Christmas presents, Jabba the Hutt, Jabba the Hutt Body Pillow, Sewing, The Star Wars Craft Book | 1 Comment ↓

The End of the One Year Blogging Challenge plus 11 years of SpaceCraft…

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

So, this time last year I pledged to blog every Monday for a year. Why? Well, because my blogging had pretty much dried up. The last few years had come Continue Reading →

Posted in Books, Craft Room, Film, Gardening, Knitting | Tagged beret, cables, Gardening, Knitting, Making Monday, Marie's blog challenge, Ysolda | 1 Comment ↓

Snow snooze

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

Very quick post today as unfortunately I’m not well at the moment. Hence the absence of crafty activities to document. You might have heard that we had a lot of Continue Reading →

Posted in Cats, Craft Room | Tagged Emma, snow | Leave a reply

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