With the change towards nicer weather (except for this week when we had bushfires on one day then flash floods the next and at the moment, it’s a cold 15 degree day), I thought it was time to start a summer crochet project. I have been using the Tejer Es Des Guapas YouTube channel to […]
Jersey Mimosa
Today at the U3A someone asked me if I was an artist and I thanked them for thinking that I was. I loved the idea that someone else thought I was even though I’m not. It’s the highest compliment. I was chuffed! Little did they know that I used to be in the corporate world. […]
Beanie Madness
I’ve gone on a yarn stash bender. That is trying to use up as much of my yarn that I have hidden in cupboards and under beds. I’ve uploaded about 10 different beanies I made this year onto Ravelry but that’s only half of them. Beanies are a great way to use up yarn but […]
A New Skill to Add To My Repetoire
Following on from my recent obsession with Escape to the Chateau series which has revived my craft obsession to try out all sorts of different crafts in an effort to get off the screen, off the socials and actually DOING stuff with my hands, I asked my mother to teach me how to sew. My […]
Bring the Outside In with Creative Flair
Ah, Angel and Dick Strawbridge, what HAVE you done to me? via GIPHY You see the thing is that, I’ve been recently OBSESSED by this show called Chateau in The Country where British couple Dick and Angel Strawbridge buy a dilapidated chateau and then over the years, renovate it. I wrote it in my recent […]
Loving the Crafty Side to My Network
I’ve been watching a show on Foxtel called Chateau in the Country, where two English people, Angel and Dick buy a dilapidated chateau in France and over the years, renovate it. Dick is an engineer, a big bear of a man who has the knack and know-how to repair, fix and create things from junk […]
Learning Through Making
On Friday, I headed over to my parents and walked into my father’s art studio to check out what he was up to. He had been watching YouTube videos on how to do book binding and was on a roll with creating these for himself. As an artist, he had a lot of loose leaf […]
What We Can Learn from Craft Networks: Social Learning in Action
Last weekend, a small group of eight ladies from one of my Craft groups (I’m a member of two) hired out a beautiful house called The Retreat in Woodend, a delightful country town. Even though we meet weekly to share our knowledge and expertise in our respective crafts, we have these getaways to leave our […]