tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314110114506592032024-02-19T11:38:56.427+00:00The Fluff PotFelting, spinning, dying and weaving - an education in fibre.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-5882556518563811252014-06-21T22:39:00.002+01:002014-06-22T12:03:04.466+01:00A Spin and A Splash!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">It’s a merino and
silk blend batt from Wingham Wool. Each year they come down to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cornwall</st1:place></st1:city> and bring with them a huge lorry of
fibre, hire a community hall and set up shop. I walk around dribbling at all
the lush fibre! I’m sure they stop at a lot of other venues on their return
journey - always worth checking out their website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">It is a large batt
and will take me some time to spin! But after spinning the first bobbin I
couldn’t help that it might be a little bland and need a bit of spicing up. So,
I added a bit of this…</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I need to ply the
two bobbins together now and hopefully the colour will add just a hint of interest.
I’m also hoping it might be strong enough to use as the warp thread for my
first woven project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been enjoying a spot of spinning in the sunshine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">More than a few
splashes came my way!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Hope you’re
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Becky</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-78204971006879658732014-06-08T09:04:00.000+01:002014-06-08T09:04:33.546+01:00A New Direction<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I've had a break,
recharged my batteries and feel ready to take my blog forward. My interests
have evolved over the last 18 months and I have had time to focus on new crafts
and skills. I have been very busy and, along with some major changes in both my
home and work life, have needed to stop and re-evaluate things. Change is
healthy, but too much at once is stressful and I have had to ride out the wave.
The waters are calmer...<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So, time for a
few introductions. Firstly, my drum carder. I don't think I've shown you this
before.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It is really
useful when carding clean fleece and also for blending fibres. Charlotte and I
carded this batt recently. I love the sparkly fibre on the surface. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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triloom. I tried to purchase one but they are hard to find in the UK and
shipping one over from America is costly so I made my own using instructions
found on the internet.</span><br />
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spun yarn woven into a triangular shawl. It has now been removed from the loom
and I need a crochet trim to finish it off. It will make a lovely summer shawl so
I need to crack on and finish it!</span><br />
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loom. It has four shafts and six pedals and was a bit of a bargain.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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it a couple of months and have lots to learn. Using the warp left on it by the
previous owner I have had a bit of a play. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Weaving is fast,
but warping takes an age! Hopefully, I’ll get quicker with practise.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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playing on a loom too. This is a rigid heddle loom and perfect for children as
it is not too complicated. It also means little fingers are busy and away from
my loom!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I have been
reflecting on the reasons why I blog. I love reading other people's blogs, but
found I was constantly comparing my crafts and life with theirs. Without
realising it, I had put myself in a competition, which then drove me to do
more, but for all the wrong reasons. So I stopped... and now I'm blogging again because
I want to. I have learnt so much about my recent endeavours through some very
generous bloggers and I want to share what I'm learning and continue to learn
from others who are accomplished in those crafts. This blog will serve as a
record of my journey and a link with others who share the same interests and
hopefully can help me to develop my skills. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Becky x</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-23463075369322479202013-02-22T16:41:00.003+00:002013-02-22T16:41:49.804+00:00A Bunny, a Blog Award and a Bug!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So half-term is here and I have seized the opportunity (between domestic chores) to do a little felting. Do you remember those wensleydale locks I dyed? Well I put a little to good use this week to make a little bunny...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Little Mannie has had chicken pox this week, so Lulus and I are keeping ourselves occupied with craft - visits out are strictly limited to essential only! Keeping to the Easter theme of this post, we used these lovely decopatch papers to decorate some Easter eggs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She plans to give hers to her teacher. I think the chocolate variety may be more gratefully received!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So to the blog award, which I mentioned briefly in my last post, is from the lovely Emma at <a href="http://www.allstitchedupbyemma.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">All Stitched Up</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please forgive me for skipping the 11 random facts but I have done this before and I'm all out of anything interesting or original!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Definitely a homebird.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Both! I just love food!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3.
Where is the furthest place you have travelled?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cyprus (first wedding, we'll say no more!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">France, the Dordoigne is beautiful and I love the culture, the traditional markets, the food...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. What is your proudest
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After my two beautiful children it would be qualifying as a teacher.<br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. What simple thing makes
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Quiet time to craft - a bit of a rarity but very much appreciated when it occurs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">7. What was you favourite
toy as a child?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mmmm... that one is tricky. I was fortunate enough to have a number of lovely toys. Choosing a favourite is hard.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8. What calms you when life
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Music, gardening, country walks, <strike>baking</strike> (no not baking, I love it but it stresses me out!) and of course craft (there's a surprise!).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">9. Why do you
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I started reading other people's blogs for several years and loved sharing their journeys. They were so inspiring and it led to my interest in felt. After developing some techniques and making some fun things I wanted that 'Ta-Dah' moment too and the chance to share some of the things I had learnt. I'm so glad I did because I have encountered some wonderful people in blogland who have made my crafting experience so much more enjoyable.</span></span><br />
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Do you have a list of things to do during your lifetime?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">No... but maybe I should. </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">11. Have you ticked them
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can I get back to you on that one!</span></span><br />
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Thank you, Emma. I always accept awards gratefully as I believe they are a lovely complement. At this point I'm supposed to nominate 5 lovely blogs but there are so many I love, but not so many who recognise these awards. So, if you want it, it's yours! As long as you have under 200 followers - in order to abide by the 'rules' of this award!</span><br />
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I started writing this post Tuesday evening and since then have done nothing due to a horrendous tummy bug. How nice of it to come on my week off! The children have been lovely, keeping themselves entertained with games and entertaining me with puppet shows!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-32979496096118212522013-02-03T14:35:00.002+00:002013-02-03T16:07:26.770+00:00100, 2 Years, Bunny Egg Cosies and Dyed Curly Locks!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lulus and I had to miss our spinning group last Saturday :( and so we did some felting together instead. I decided to think ahead and make something with Easter in mind and so some themed egg cosies presented themselves...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I took time, for once, to plan out the little details: ribbon, heart button, stitches, and I'm really pleased with the results.</span><br />
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I bought a big bag of washed wensleydale fleece a little while ago and a super range of acid dyes, so I had a little go at dying some curly locks.</span><br />
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I used the microwave method as this was how I had dyed some merino tops at the spinning group last year and it was very quick and easy.<br />
I lay out 50 grams in a dish, taking care not to fluff up the curls.<br />
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The colours are so gorgeously dreamy, not as intense as in the bowl prior to rinsing, and will look beautiful felted into a bag or bowl. They would also make lovely hair for a fairy or mermaid. I feel a new project coming! This fibre is SO expensive to buy already dyed, I am so pleased I have found a way to do it. A little of this fibre might just find its way into my Folksy shop and I hope to dye some more colourways soon.<br />
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I have also been the proud recipient of a blog award recently, thank you Emma of<a href="http://www.allstitchedupbyemma.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> All Stitched Up</a>! As part of accepting this award I must answer some questions about myself, but I'm afraid I must leave this for my next post as I have a large pile of marking calling which I really should have started about 2 hours ago! If you haven't visited Emma's blog before then pop over and have a look - she has a lovely relaxed style and shares some great ideas.<br />
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I have also realised that this is my 100th post and tomorrow is my 2nd anniversary blogging! Thanks everyone for making it such a pleasurable experience - your kind comments, generous giveaways and endless tips and ideas are so gratefully received here at the fluff pot. You are all an endless source of inspiration to me. THANK YOU!!!<br />
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It is produced by the same people who make Mollie Makes and Simply knitting. I received an email in November to say I could subscribe to the first 3 months for £5 so I thought I would give it a go! <br />
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It is full of crochet patterns, ideas and advice and is produced in the same colourful and familiar way that Mollie Makes readers are used to. <br />
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There are a range of patterns: clothes, both dinky and full sized, accessories, jewellery, furnishings and a toy dragon!<br />
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Becky x<br />
PS I am using my new Xmas pressie to do this - after agreeing to not buying each other too much for Xmas my husband surprised me with an ipad mini! I'm struggling with the blogger app a little and have no idea if the photos are where I want them to be in this post so I hope it's ok! <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Apparently there is a similar pattern on Ravelry for free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'd like to come up with a crochet pattern for these.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What a great idea for Christmas bunting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Owl puffs! Pattern available on Ravelry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Beautiful art yarn. I hope to be able to spin like this one day! However, many seasoned spinners look down on this inferior type of spinning! I just LOVE it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Such sweet little needle felted matryoshka.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Just a few of my favourite pins. If you'd like to see more you can click the Pinterest button in the sidebar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Pinterest have just introduced 'secret boards' that you can share with your chosen friends only. I would, of course, share them with all of you but I need some ideas for 3 new boards. Any suggestions?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Have a good week,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-64531872633419873002012-11-17T12:44:00.004+00:002012-11-17T12:44:55.144+00:00Scandinavian Style Christmas Brooches<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to share my latest design of brooches with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love, love, LOVE Scandinavian style design, particularly for a Christmas theme, and I LOVE how these have turned out!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Both are listed in my Folksy shop and I'm hoping to make a couple of reindeer this weekend in the same style. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Must remember to keep one back for me though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have started a </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/thefluffpot/scandinavian-style-christmas/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Scandinavian Style Christmas</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> board over on Pinterest if you want to pop over and have a look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How are your Christmas makes going? I've been popping onto flickr to see everyone's Monthly Makes for November and it's looking good!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-54408975349681605152012-11-05T23:40:00.001+00:002012-11-05T23:40:56.869+00:00 Spinning Saturday<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another month has passed and Lulus and I have attended our second Spinning Guild meeting. This time was a bit special, though, as it was her 7th birthday and she took her new wheel with her. We were so busy spinning I forgot to take pictures!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now it has been sanded and the broken parts replaced or fixed it's a stunner! It took a bit more work than I had anticipated and I had to ask another family member to do some carpentry on the wheel itself which had been terribly over-oiled and no glue would hold it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I got busy over the half-term break making some more Christmas brooches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I really enjoyed making these last year and hope to extend the range with a few more designs soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The wet and cold weather has given me more opportunities to sit and make things and it must be said - I'm loving it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you're getting some craft time in too!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Have a good week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mmmm.... here began the snowball effect. She was good. No she was a natural! And since then I have struggled to get any time on my wheel! As soon as I start selecting fibre or take a step towards the wheel its "Mummy can I have a go?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Then I took her to the session with the guild. She was a star! Everyone was praising her first efforts (my first efforts were completely overlooked!) and she was soon having her photo taken to be in the next guild programme as their newest and youngest member! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was incredibly proud and it was lovely to see these ladies make such a fuss over her. We had a great time dying fibre too. Here are some <strike>really rubbish </strike> photographs of our dyed merino (husband's camera again).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She loved the dying bit too and I'm looking forward to spinning them to see how they turn out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I realised, quite quickly, that if I ever wanted to use my wheel again Lulus woud have to have her own and, conveniently, she has asked for one for her 7th birthday at the end of the month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This broken and dirty thing is going to be lovingly restored and once again will sing it's happy song. I've bought the parts that are missing or broken and, once finished, it will be beautiful and have cost a snip of the usual price for this type of wheel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The next meeting is on the day of her birthday and she has decided she wants to go so she can show off her new wheel! She added a condition to this - that she can go to the local theme park the day after! We tried to keep the spinning wheel as a surprise but she saw it in the garage - it's a bit big to hide! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next post should have pictures of this wheel in its restored condition - hopefully!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Enjoy the rest of your week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-42995122477197240342012-09-14T19:15:00.001+01:002012-09-14T19:15:53.428+01:00Saturday Spinning<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shortly after getting my wheel it became apparent to me that no amount of practise was going to move me forward with my spinning. I needed someone to teach me the basics: how to prepare the fibre, how to feed the fibre in and get my hands to move as quickly as my feet! Then, late August, we visited a local Country Fair where I met a lovely lady who was sat at a spinning wheel idly spinning dog hair whilst crowd watching! It turned out she was a member of the local Spinner's Guild and held courses now and then teaching people to spin and would be holding one on Saturday 9th September. Before I knew what was happening my husband had swapped his shifts and I was booked up to join a group of ladies for a days introduction to spinning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I had such a brilliant day and learnt so much. Audrey of <a href="http://www.hawthornfibres.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hawthorn Fibres</a> is amazing. By the end of the day I had spun some of my beautiful purple merino into a 2ply yarn! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> was <u>soooo</u> nervous before going, convinced I would be hopeless and need extra help! In fact I took to it really quickly and Audrey would smile encouragingly at me saying "A blind man would be pleased to see that!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Since then, I have washed some shetland fleece that was sent with my wheel, carded it and spun some more yarn with it. I'm hooked!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm going to use the yarns with my felted boots once I've set the ply.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">At the end of the month I'm going along to the Spinner's Guild meeting where we will be experimenting with dying fibres. They have said I can take Lulus too so she'll have a great time. She has already asked for a spinning wheel for her birthday! Bless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-14659727238055164112012-08-28T22:18:00.000+01:002012-08-28T22:18:13.210+01:00Giveaway Winners!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, there were only 11 entrants in total so the odds were high to win!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well done to both of you. If you could both email me (address on my blogger profile) with your addresses I'll get your parcel sent off post-haste!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am so very nearly there with my scarf. It has taken longer than I had hoped but that's because I had more yarn left over than expected and I decided to make another 5 flowers with it. Saving the details for my next post and, maybe, a finished photo!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-48984285129472275262012-08-25T17:28:00.001+01:002012-08-25T17:28:30.720+01:00Eden In The Summer<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Knowing the wet weather was due to hit us this bank holiday weekend</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, we decided to visit Eden last Thursday. It was a perfect day for it - warm but not too sunny as the biomes get so very HOT! (Prepare yourself for a picure heavy post!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's a very beautiful place with some very important messages about caring for our planet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This was a common site of my family throughout the day. Off my loved ones would trot leaving me lagging behind with my camera snapping shots of luscious plants! Little Mannie <strike>walked</strike> ran his socks off! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There were lots of things to exlore, paths to follow, objects to climb...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And I drank in the colours, textures, contasts and hues - super inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">... the delicateness of this pink gypsophila</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...and the hairy petals on these flowers (are they a type of rudbeckia?).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Two colours I rarely put together are pink and orange, but look how well nature does it here in this echinacea flower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was packed with people. We had to park a mile from the visitor centre and the buses were so busy we walked in with a bit of piggy backing for Little Mannie! Somehow I managed to take a few shots of some empty areas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next time I have an update for you on the Japanese Flower Cowl - oh so close to being finished!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you have a great bank holiday weekend and that you see a little sunshine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I will announce the winner of my <a href="http://thefluffpot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/thank-you-giveaway.html" target="_blank">giveaway</a> on Tuesday 28th August. Still time to enter if you haven't already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I must be the worst offender and this post is about prove just that! As I list them, I'm going to put a rough estimate on the cost of the materials for each one, just to see how much I have spent (not wasted - they still have the potential to be finished). I may regret doing this by the end of the post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">WIP 1:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><u>Felted Flower Bag</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cost of materials: £20</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Work to completion: sew in lining and buttons. Add handle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">WIP 2:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><u>Granny Squares Cushion</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cost of materials: £12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Work to completion: make two more squares and crochet them all together. Crochet a back with button opening.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ripple Blanket</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cost of materials: £90 (I hope my husband doesn't read this)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Work to completion: hundreds of ripples... aaggggghhhhhh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cost of materials: £5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Work to completion: sew embellishments on remaining two and loops to hang.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Work to completion: 3/24 to go. Why haven't I finished this? 1 flower = 15 minutes which means in the time I've spent doing this post I could have finished it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Is that it? That seems quite a short list for the guilt trip I've been on lately!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Reviewing my list, (which totals £183 of materials,) the flower cowl, matyoshka and booties will all be quite quick to finish. The cushion and bag will take a little more time and the bag will require the sewing machine to have a bit of a dust off! The one I think that is realistically out of my reach is the ripple blanket :( It's been nearly 12 months since I've added any ripples. I have thought about pulling it all out before and could perhaps use the yarn for smaller more achievable projects ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That feels better!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All organised and conscience clear. Until the next WIP anyway!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-69500986024039680722012-08-17T22:42:00.000+01:002012-08-17T22:42:34.495+01:00Inspiration!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have been visiting your lovely blogs in a vain effort to catch up on the last couple of months and you have all put me to shame, you have been so busy with your making and I have done pretty much nothing. But, in my defence, I have had little time or energy to be creative. I have thought about it lots, though, and bought many things to inspire me when I finally find the opportunity to make 'something'! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The first source of inspiration is this one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a new book about felting by Gillian Harris. She offers some great new projects and ideas which I'm keen to try. It was Gillian's first book that really inspired me to start felting and this one is no disappointment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She doesn't go into the basic techniques as much in this one, presumably because most people who buy this book will have already purchased her first book and have all the information there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have also replenished my supplies of merino wool tops and have bought a brightly coloured unit to keep it all in! Chances of me ever destashing are impossibly slim!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Finally, something I have coveted for quite some time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a spinning wheel! I chose it for my birthday and my family all kindly contributed to it. It isn't new, but a secondhand wheel that I bought on ebay. It took me a while to find the right one that someone was willing to post and that another bidder didn't gazump me on! Can you believe that after looking for weeks, the day after I bought this one two were listed by a lady in Cornwall! The air was blue here for a while! However, this one (an Ashford Traveller) is in lovely condition having hardly been used and, after a clean, wax, oil and general bit of maintenance, is now sitting quietly in the corner of the lounge waiting for me to master it! Mmmmm, will take some time I think (and patience - must stop swearing at it!). Think of all the yummy yarns I can make and crochet and felt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next post - WIPS - this will either encourage me to finish them or depress me further!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here's a little sneak preview of the first piece of felting I've done in months...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">P.S. Have you entered my <a href="http://thefluffpot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/thank-you-giveaway.html">giveaway</a> yet?</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-43054773865377986702012-08-15T20:47:00.000+01:002012-08-15T20:47:05.402+01:00Thank You Giveaway<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A HUGE thank you for your many lovely comments on my <a href="http://thefluffpot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/sad-times.html">last post</a>. It has been a busy time, but Grandad is well and life is beginning to settle into a new pattern. Your warm wishes and kind words were so gratefully received and reminded me of what lovely people I have 'met' through blogging. Two particularly lovely people have sent messages hoping I'm well and enjoying my summer holiday, you know who you are!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So, to say a small thank you, I would like to do a giveaway. I have had this planned for a little while and now seems the perfect time to do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">'Cute and Easy Crochet' book by Nicki Trench, a set of cute teatowels, a felted sea-themed mobile case by me and some wooden butterfly buttons for your stash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><u>Collection 2</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">'25 Super Cute Animals to Crochet' by Anne Obaachan, a cute teapot cosy, a felted flower mobile case by me and some wooden butterfly buttons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Rules to enter:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. You must be a follower/become a follower of this blog to enter this giveaway.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. Leave me a comment stating which collection you would prefer to win.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. For an extra entry mention this giveaway on your blog and then leave another comment here letting me know you have done so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That's it! Keeping it simple!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The giveaway closes at the end of Monday 27th August (bank holiday Monday) when I will draw the two winners.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have made virtually nothing these past couple of months and feel like I've lost my craft mojo! However, fear not, for there has been a lot of thinking about it and numerous purchases of inspirational items! I'll share them all with you in my next post which I promise will be soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Good luck with the giveaway!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-9356195543807719992012-06-02T09:16:00.001+01:002012-06-02T09:17:34.368+01:00Sad Times<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Every now and then things happen that make you question the meaning of life. Three weeks ago my neighbour collapsed in the road from a bleed on the brain. She died 24 hours later. She was only 69, fitter than me and ate all the right things. Her husband has an enlarged heart and has not been well for many years and, in truth, we all thought he would go first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Her funeral was last Monday. The night before her husband was in a very distressed state and my husband went in to try and calm him. We had a leaky washer in our toilet cystern and, as we are on a meter, I decided to fix it. When I went to turn the stop cock off water gushed out everywhere. This was shortly followed by a phone call from my Dad who was unable to get hold of my Grandad. It was one of those times when I felt completely out of control and wasn't sure which problem to deal with first. To make things worse, I couldn't get hold of my Mum to look after the children and in the past my lovely neighbour would have done this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After contacting Grandad's neighbour we found out he had fallen and been lying on the floor for 24 hours. He is 91. He was taken to A&E where they found he was dehydrated and confused. I somehow managed to fix the stop cock with some PFT tape, tracked down my Mum and we arrived at A&E at the same time as the ambulance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We've been on an emotional roller coaster all week. Some days he has been a little better, others worse. Yesterday he seemed much better and we have asked him if he would like to come and live with us now which he has agreed to. For 91 he is amazingly healthy, we just need to make sure he drinks lots so he doesn't get dehydated again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, that's why I've been so quiet recently. I haven't lost my blogging mojo, I really miss it, and I will be popping in and out to see you all, but now I have a house to clear and a Grandad to move in so my visits may remain infrequent!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope the bank holiday finds you all well and brings you a little sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">PS. I included a few photos of the flowers in the garden, that I have been meaning to share with you a while, to try and brighten this post a little. x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-78988475715881263702012-05-16T23:33:00.000+01:002012-05-16T23:34:13.426+01:00Gifts and Toys!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lucky me! I</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">won the lovely giveaway by Maria of Dinky Dots! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The packages arrived all beautifully wrapped, but didn't stay like that for long! Little fingers were quicker than mine and claimed the best best prizes for themselves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Little Mannie was delighted with these two!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And I was equally delighted with these two...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The magnets are beautiful and so professionally packaged. Inside the lovely little tin are some pretty ribbons. I must admit that I did reclaim my prizes and failed to share the chocolate!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thank you, Maria, for organising such a lovely giveaway. We were all very pleased to win!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So that's the gifts, now to the toys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's a crop-a-dile big bite and you use it to punch holes in card, fabric, felt, leather and even thin wood. You can then set an eyelet or gromlet (love that word!) into the hole. I also bought this incredible collection on ebay to use with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm planning to use them with my felt projects. They will make great closures on bags, purses and cases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have a 'little' project to show you that I have been working on, a garden post that is long in the making and a giveaway to announce. Hopefully I'll be back at the weekend to update you all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-9842101809763725092012-04-28T08:53:00.000+01:002012-04-28T08:53:04.359+01:00Crochet Wire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have finished one of the felt flowers I have been working on. I did a little experimenting with wire and crocheted a layer of petals to lie on top of the felt petals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was easier than I remembered. I don't know why but it just clicked this time and was made in a flash! Last time I got into a real mess with knots, messy loops and tangled hooks! Perhaps I'm just a little more confident with crochet itself and so found working with wire easier this time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used the shell button for the centre of this brooch and added blue and green glass beads. I love the yellow, turquoise and lime green combination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have also felted another pair of baby shoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This pair are royal blue inside and lime green outside. I used a multi-coloured yarn and overstitched along the edge. Then I crocheted a strap to go across the foot. They are nearly finished, just need to sew the buttons on for the straps, but I was too impatient to save them for my next post! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With each pair I am learning something new about the process and slowly perfecting it. I cut the opening for this pair a little large and as I continued to full the felt (second stage in the felting process) the opening just kept getting larger! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't feel any of them so far are quite good enough to sell, but I'm hoping the next pair might just make it to my Folksy shop!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQoIf8mQe_EDi6Lk9sj6Y1bW2iB28_M8Az8c45Smu0vtAXCyRy2zyY0jGz00TcpMYVM7VVPfbv0696zfonDauGj9SVQh17948zFzrPjExfUZKVv60-tDlAx-RFKXutfVD46pKQPXpE6Q/s1600/DSC01048b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQoIf8mQe_EDi6Lk9sj6Y1bW2iB28_M8Az8c45Smu0vtAXCyRy2zyY0jGz00TcpMYVM7VVPfbv0696zfonDauGj9SVQh17948zFzrPjExfUZKVv60-tDlAx-RFKXutfVD46pKQPXpE6Q/s320/DSC01048b.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am trying to pull together a post about the garden in all it's spring colour, but getting photos in reasonable light is proving a bit challenging at the moment - if you are reading this and live in the UK you'll know exactly what I mean! I can't help but smile when someone mentions a drought - I emptied a leaking waterbutt 2 weeks ago to reseal the tap connector and it's already full!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hoping for some sunshine this weekend (ever the optimist!),</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Becky x</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">PS A huge hello to my readers in Russia (almost as many as here in the UK according to blogger stats!). Can anyone tell me why my blog is attracting so many readers from Russia? I'm just a little curious!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-65955597581520768492012-04-14T10:25:00.001+01:002012-04-14T10:26:34.988+01:00Spring Felt Flowers<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to show you</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> my latest little bit of felting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I made some felt samplers a few weeks ago, playing around with surface texture and colour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">From these 3 pieces I cut some daisy shaped felt flowers. They need finishing yet, with buttons or glass beads and maybe some coloured wire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I managed to get some really great pictures of them during a short spell of sunshine we had yesterday afternoon, so this post may be a bit photo heavy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Can you see the silk fibre and sari silk waste glinting in the sun?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I haven't quite decided what to use them for yet. I might make them into brooches or use them to decorate a bag.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I can't decide whether I prefer the shell buttons or the glass heart beads in the centres. Which do you like? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I was really sad to read that Clara Luna of The Rainbow Room won't be selling her felt packs anymore. She is moving to sunny Ibiza for 6 months so has decided to stop stocking the felt in her Folksy and Etsy shops. It is of course great news for her and I took advantage of a bargain when she reduced her last few packs down to half price!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All this for only £25.00 (inc' p+p) - bargain! That should kep be going for a little while.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have also finished (well, very almost) the little blue felted boots I made some time ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I just need to sew the wooden buttons on and they're done (I carefully balanced them in place for the photo!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have gathered 2 items for a giveaway that I'm hoping to have soon! I won't show them to you just yet, but they are good ones!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you all have a lovely weekend. The sun is shining here and my sinusitis is a little better today so I might just get out in the garden - next post will be all about our green-fingered projects!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-57672062923474079902012-04-09T18:57:00.001+01:002012-04-09T18:59:09.833+01:00Easter Explorations!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sorry, another chunk of time has elapsed between my posts, but there has been little to write about. To be honest, work has been busy, the garden has needed it's springtime tidy and when I have had a little time to craft I just haven't had any enthusiasm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have been planning to have a giveaway for a while (my first blogging anniversary came and went) and still a lack of interest prevailed. I thought the Easter hols would revitalise me, but no, instead a nasty cold has taken hold and so the first week of the hols has passed in a fluffy of tissues and olbas oil!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I did find the motivation to put the Easter tree up, I can't believe it was 12 months ago when I felted these eggs. The buds on the hazel twigs have opened in the warmth of our home and I'm hoping I might be able to get these branches to root. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We were fortunate to have it dry on Easter Sunday and so were able to do our egg hunt in the garden. A card from the Easter Bunny gave us our instructions before we set off on our search...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So off they went, hand-in-hand, buckets at the ready. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Two trips round the garden were needed, plus a few warmer/colder clues, before we completed our search!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The chickens watched on inquisitively (we're down to three as one sadly died a couple of weeks ago).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Buckets full and search completed, we head back inside. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But, what is this? Do we have mice?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Two posts are planned for this week; one about a little bit of felting and a second about the garden, in which I have been far more productive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Wet and miserable here today. I hope you have all had better weather for your bank holiday than we have had here in grey, drizzly Cornwall!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-88709816521091932072012-03-19T20:35:00.000+00:002012-03-19T20:35:21.091+00:00Felting homework! Do I have to?!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post, no excuses, just busy, busy, busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lulus came home with her weekly homework last week and informed me that this one must be felted! I was of course delighted! She often joins me at the sink and enjoys getting her hands all soapy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was National Science Week last week and her homework was to make an Easter basket for the Easter bunny that would protect the eggs if dropped! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We place a few layers of felt over a pudding bowl to get the basic shape. Then, to decorate it, we cut out spots from some prefelt we had made earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Once rolled and dried, we sewed in some sections for the eggs and added some handles. Finished, phew! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Three chocolate eggs went into school in the basket, but only two came home! Those teachers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have a lovely blog award to pass on to some worthy bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But first 7 facts about me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. My husband and I have a role reversaI (stereotypically); I go to work whilst he stays home to look after the children and our home. I would love nothing more that to be a full time Mum and housewife, but I can earn more than he can and so that's the way it is. No point moaning about it. I am lucky to have a job that I love, pays well and offers fab holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. I would love to open my own making cafe. How amazing would that be!? My husband and I did some serious thinking about it, but we just don't have the finances to invest into such an enterprise. It's a dream that must sadly remain just that (and I really have dreamt about it!), but maybe one day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. I love reading fantasy books like 'The Golden Compass', 'Eragon', and a series of books by a chap called Terry Brookes. I have never managed to finish 'Lord of the Rings'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4. I can't get to sleep without playing on my DS for 10 minutes. A very bad habit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">5. I am addicted to lattes! I have a new Gaggia espresso machine which I love and couldn't live without! I think I have told you before that if I go on holiday I take my machine with me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">6. I am an night owl, hate going to bed, hate getting up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">7. I love baking and wish I could find the time to do more. The trouble is I love eating my baking, but my ever increasing waistline is becoming a problem, so perhaps it is a good thing that I don't have time for more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, that was a struggle!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So now for my chosen bloggers to pass this lovely award on to... in no particular order</span><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. </span><a href="http://www.stuff-n-bits.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stuff n Bits</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. </span><a href="http://polkadotbutton.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Polka.Button</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. </span><a href="http://noknittedknickers.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">No knitted knickers</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I had some fantastic news today - OfSTED have done an interim assessment on our school and told us that we will not be inspected for another 12 months (they last came 3 years ago). HOORAY!!! This means I can concentrate on my class and not ticking boxes (sorry to sound cynical). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you all have a lovely week.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-64592731114507618672012-02-21T21:18:00.001+00:002012-02-23T22:46:22.519+00:00How 'Versatile' Am I?!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">VERY! Apparently! As I received the Versatile Blogger award twice only one day apart of each other. A huge thanks to Carrad of <a href="http://carrad.blogspot.com/">Faded Reverie</a> and Rae of <a href="http://www.feltbyrae.com/">Felt by Rae</a> for my latest awards. I'm making quite a collection as you can see in my sidebar! I don't mind them at all. I think it's just a nice way of saying 'I like reading your posts', which, of course, we all like to hear. So, THANK YOU!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will dutifully pass on the award to 15 bloggers and share 7 new facts about me in my next post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have been busy with the fluff and bubbles again, mastering (ha!ha!) another technique so I can add it to my list of tutorials. Another vessel has been felted, again on a flat resist (circle of bubblewrap). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Why does this one make me think of a sea anemone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used dark turquoise for the main colour, with some beautiful peach and coral yarn felted on the surface along with some creamy gold sari silk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm not sure that the sari silk is actually silk, even though I pulled it out of a sari silk waste yarn ball. It just didn't felt in the way I'm used too, it was more rough (almost synthetic) and didn't want to work into the felt. Just strange.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used my felting needle and jabbed in any bits that were left sticking out to stop it looking untidy. I am pleased with the finished effect and the sari 'silk' catches the light well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have also felted another pair of baby shoes. This time I made two flat resists and I think I liked this better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am still learning lots with each new thing I felt. This time I went on to the rolling stage too quickly and the felt started getting ripply edges after a session of rolling. I quickly backtracked to the rubbing through the net part until the fibres stopped pulling away in the pinch test. What did I learn? Don't try to take short cuts with the process!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm back to work. I had a busy and productive half-term and feel revitalised and ready for action! I wonder how long that feeling will last?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">PS. A huge HELLO to my new followers! Thank you for joining me here!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631411011450659203.post-59838563994465454482012-02-16T22:26:00.000+00:002012-02-16T22:26:45.355+00:00Baby Shoes and A Felting Tutorial.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hope you're having as nice a week as I am. There has been a lot of relaxing and catching up with my favourite magazines. Molly Makes arrived just at the right time. I sat down to read it Monday morning with some homemade scotch pancakes and look who was eyeing up my treats!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't even realise Little Mannie was in the room until the hand shot out as I was taking the photo! I did let him eat it and made several more for the family before I got to sit and enjoy mine with the mag'! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My husband made a lovely fuss over me for Valentine's Day, he's a true romantic. We went to some stunning gardens and ate at a seafood restaurant at St.Ives in the evening. Bliss!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There hasn't been a lot of felting or crocheting going on, but that's OK. The weather has been too kind to sit indoors. However, I did promise to show you the baby shoes that are now finished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Adding crochet to felt is in several projects in my new Japanese felting book. It inspired my crochet and felt jar jacket and now it has inspired these little shoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They are just so cute now they are finished. They make me want to add a pair of little feet to the family just to fill them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">You may have noticed that I have added a link to felting tutorials in my sidebar. Some of the lovely comments<em> </em>I have received have said that many of you would like to try felting and I thought I would share some of the things that I have learnt so far and tempt you all to give it a try! I have started with a simple piece of flat felting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is the piece I made for the tutorial. It's ever so easy to make. This technique could be used to make a picture, a book cover or could be cut up and sewn. If you make something and blog about it or post pictures on flickr, please let me know, I would love to see how you use my tutorial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Nearly the weekend! Hope you have a good one!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Becky x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438191255242185551noreply@blogger.com8