Aaaaaaaaaaaand.......................................time's up! Put down your pen and face the front. No talking, please, because the Edie Eckman giveaway is now closed. (I should clarify that we're not actually giving away Edie Eckman - her friends and family vetoed that idea - but through this blog, Storey Publishing is giving away a hefty chunk of Edie's crochet wisdom, distilled into one marvellous new book.) Before we find out who's won, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to each and every Continue Reading
Archives for February 2017
Unaccustomed As I Am…
It was very difficult getting to sleep the other night. I was preparing for bed and had just cleaned my teeth (every single one of the flippin' blighters - they were so clean that I could've eaten my dinner off 'em), and I was contemplating moving the various small children who'd somehow ended up in the bed. The Stoic Spouse was asleep. Being a 21st century sort of a lass, I checked my phone one last time. There was a congratulatory text from a close friend... something about an Continue Reading
Every Which Way Crochet Borders By Edie Eckman: A Review And A Giveaway
This book review is part of a blog tour* to celebrate the publication of Edie Eckman's new book: Every Which Way Crochet Borders. Waaaaaaaay across the Atlantic in the US, is a woman who likes to live life on the edge. She's based in Virginia** (which is on the edge of the US, you'll note. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.) And this month, she's brought out her second book about ornamental crochet borders. Y'see? Life on the edge. This woman adores borders. Can you imagine living in her house? Borders. Continue Reading
Prym Ergonomics Review
Sometimes an opportunity comes along at just the right moment. Having posted the other day about visiting the Knitting and Crochet Guild archive, I was thinking a lot about the historical changes – or rather, lack of changes – in the tools that we use to work our yarn. And right when I was pondering the matter, the German company Prym contacted me to say, “S’cuse me Twisted, we’ve just revolutionized the design of the knitting needle. Would you care to take a nosey?” Obviously, I said Continue Reading
The Knitting And Crochet Guild
Given that you're here, and assuming that you're not right now scratching your head and thinking "Hang on, this isn't the blog about oxy-acetylene welding that I was searching for,"* it's probably safe to assume that you're partial to looking at a bit of knitting/crochet. (I used to call it 'yarn p♥rn', but then I noticed that a few folk were landing here via some questionable search terms - and no doubt being deeply disappointed when they arrived - so I gave that up.) One of the best places Continue Reading
Stylecraft Blogstars Meetup, aka Not Too Shabby A Weekend
It's much easier to write blog posts when things are going wrong, or when nothing much has happened. Comic anecdotes come more readily when you've mistakenly put your husband out for collection with the recycling, or when you've spent an insomniac half-night pondering a mysterious chicken-shaped splodge on the bedroom ceiling. Unfortunately,* things have gone catastrophically well this weekend... which was immensely fun to experience, but isn't very funny to describe. I have lovely Continue Reading
Better-Than-Average Week
You know how it can be. Some weeks are good, whilst other weeks could be held up as case studies in a presentation on How Not To Succeed At Adulting. Or Life. Or Anything, Really. Believe me, I've had plenty of the latter. Thus far, this week is shaping up rather well, although I realize that the mere act of typing those words will set cosmic cogs in motion to mess that up most mightily. Consequently my entire family probably is, as you read this, being devoured by giant mutant snails that Continue Reading