Well thank you for your lovely comments on the Yarn's first problem page. If I can make you smile/guffaw/spew coffee uncontrollably through your nose all over the cat, then my work here is done. Would you like a tissue? Meanwhile, back to the knitting. I was hoping to ta-da (yes that is a verb - as of right now: one of my friends works in new words at the Oxford English Dictionary, so I have unlimited power of neologisms via her) my Yarnstories hat and mitts today, but I haven't quite finished Continue Reading
Inspiration: Dan Bennett
It'd be tricky to be creative in a vacuum, don't you think? Inspiration is essential. T'would be an awfully large leap from the blank page to a work of beauty if you'd not laid your eyes on beauty elsewhere. So I'm always happy to discuss inspiration with friends such as your marvellously good selves. Where - if you don't mind me asking - do you find your inspiration? For me, nature is an unsurpassable source of ideas for colour, form, and texture. And artists/crafters who capture the Continue Reading