Oh hello, and a special hello to everybody who’s come here from Whip Up! I always feel so special and honoured when I get a mention at Whip Up — it makes my day!
I’ve just been writing and typesetting my section for the craft book (I’m so behind schedule with my own personal contribution to the book — if I weren’t in charge of it, I’d totally kick myself off the project!). Anyway, I wrote about the very first thing I made, which made me realize there’s no record of it on this blog (what with the archives missing). Here it is:
Of course, when I say ‘first thing I made,’ I mean the first thing since my crafty rebirth. I grew up messing around with everything from sewing to crocheting and had a cupboard full of pipe cleaners and pompons, but that was childhood crafting. It wasn’t until about four years ago that I really immersed myself in all this crafty business for real. I’ve just blabbed about this for the book, so I won’t repeat it here, but I really love to think about how far I’ve come and all the things I’ve learned along the way.
On an unrelated (but crafty) note, today I bought Lucinda Guy’s And So to Bed. . ., even though I haven’t got any children of my own to knit for. It’s an adorable book in its own right, and I think I’ll make the cutey fox, since I’ve got the wool lying around anyway. I might have to check out her other book, Designs for Kids, just as a source of inspiration. Wonderful!
Oh, I love the hamster – so cute! I can’t wait for the book, how much longer until we can see it?
I love your hamster – way better than my first project! The book sounds like it’s going to be great, I hope it will be available in Australia too
He is seriously gorgeous! I haven’t made and little creations yet, I seem to be scared of them which seems somewhat strange.
Love the stash, looks fabby. Was Rob horrified at the amount of purchasing that went on?
What was a bit scary was that we had to make a trip to buy yarn yesterday. How did the yarn hoard (which Anna sleeps on top of) get depleted so quickly?
Great hamster! Very cute indeed – I love his teeth.
I have Designs For Kids, even though I don’t knit! It’s just wonderful and I’ve got a book token that’s got And So To Bed written all over it. I figure that if anything can get me knitting it’ll be these books.