I was really honoured last year to be asked to design something for Making magazine. It's my favourite! I designed an embroidery pattern for colourful wildflowers for the COLOR issue which should be in shops this week. I can't wait to see my copy.
Making has a really lovely Instagram feed (so much inspiration!) and an interesting blog and podcast featuring makers and ideas from all over the world.
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Our days have been quite a bit chillier this week, which has led to a frenzy of hat-knitting on my part. So far, I've made one for Arlo, two for my nieces, have started one for Tom, and am halfway through my own. The basket of knits has gone back in the porch for people to grab on their way out of the house each morning.
To make my hat, I'm using some beautiful dark green Zealana yarn (a locally-made possum-merino blend) and my favourite hat pattern, Jul.
I'm also thinking about all the other things I'd love to knit right now – if only it didn't take me so long! I have in mind some fingerless gloves (also in Zealana yarn I think – maybe a bit like these?) and I recently fell in love with this shawl pattern – do I dare cast it on even though it might take me a year to complete?
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In the last photo above you can see some patchwork pouches I made for a custom order – they're now off to Paris. To make these, I used up small leftover cuttings from other projects – mostly linen and cotton, and some Liberty prints. The pouches close with metallic zips and measure about 4 x 5", which would be a great size for knitting notions, I reckon.
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In my last post, I wrote about the Dutch Label Shop and the labels they'd sent me to try. You can see them, and read my review here. The people at DLS have offered my readers a 15% discount in case you'd like to try them too. Use the code tinyhappy15 (all lower case) when you get to the checkout stage.
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Thank you for visiting, as always! Hope you have a lovely week ahead.
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