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Nov 17
Last time we saw the family before lockdown, our granddaughter had said she liked mermaids. I found the perfect fabric. It was a stretch jersey, so I went for a pattern I had used before. I also made another pair of leggings in the spare fabric from last time I made the dress. This is …
Nov 17
I started making some masks for our own use before they were mandatory, but have made many more since, generally one to match whatever I make. I have made a couple of different styles, but mostly we prefer the japanese 3d pattern (middle picture). Just a note that I was still working fully through lockdown. …
Nov 17
Like many people I started doing more gardening during lockdown. At the start no-one knew what was going to happen, so I wanted to grow some veg. And as we were going to be spending much more time at home, tidy the garden and make it prettier. We did get lots of mange tout, a …
Nov 17
A long time ago I bought some stretch shiny and sparkly fabrics from Abakhan. I didn’t really have much of a plan for them, but couldn’t resist!! I had also been putting off sewing the stretch, but actually it was really straight forward. I think I could have done the leggings a bit narrower, but …
Nov 17
This one jumped out at me when watching one of Black Sheep Wools’ update videos by Sara. It was a great one to take away on holiday. A repeating Sea Shell pattern with a single cake of Sheepjes Whirl, again in rainbow colours for my niece’s rainbow baby. I thought I had taken more photos …
Nov 17
This is another one from the ‘Look what I made’ site (where I found the Block a Week CAL 2014), designed by Dedri Uys. I thought it would be nice to make a smaller version – just 4 squares to make a baby blanket. I used some Stylecraft batik DK that I had bought in …
Nov 17
I ordered a selection of Stylecraft Special DK from Black Sheep Wools when we first went into lockdown. I think I had intended doing the Persian Tiles blanket, but a stumbled across ‘A Block a Week CAL’ from 2014 which had, as it says, a block a week – so much less repetition than some …
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