Alas, in this case I don’t have many pictures. I took video last night but I have yet to edit it and that’s pretty far down the priority list at the moment, so you’ll have to wait. Sorry! Last night, the Museum of London had its monthly late night opening (link may rot) but for [...]

Tags: Black Welsh Mountain, Claire, crafty in London, Create@Late, crochet, I Knit London, loom knitting, Museum of London, Prick Your Finger, Purlpirate, spindling, spinning, Stich and Bitch London
Filed under: Inspirations, Older Reviews, Show and Tell

This is really long and photo-heavy.  To save on your downloads I have tried to keep the photos small, but you can click on any of them for the full-sized versions. Day 1: Galaries Lafayette We were staying quite near the “Grands Magasins” (big department stores) so on our first day we went to our [...]

Tags: accessibility, antiques, april in paris, craft magazines, crafty shopping, crystals, fleur de lys, Galaries Lafayette, Idees Magazine, Katia nordic, La Drougerie, Les Puces, Marie Claire Idees, Montmartre, paris, Paris Flea Markets, rubber stamps, shopping in Paris, vintage postcards, yarn
Filed under: Older Reviews, Projects and Plans, Randomness

[Term stolen from Hankering for Yarn blog. It means forgetting to take a picture before it's too late.] Now is about time to start tallying up all of the things I have knit since I started on 8 November. Unfortunately, several of the gifts I forgot to photograph and as for the rest I left [...]

Tags: Bernat, Colinette, FOs, Hankering For Yarn, KnitChat.com, Lily, Lion Brand Yarns, Moda Dea, Red Heart, Trendsetter Yarns, yarn
Filed under: Older Reviews, Projects and Plans, Show and Tell

I don’t exactly know why I got onto the Lion Brand Yarns mailing list, but several months ago I joined and have been pleased with their weekly e-list even before I knew how to knit. Then their podcast, Yarncraft, came out and I enjoy it even more as it has a beginner knitter and I [...]

Tags: charity, Lion Brand Yarn, sensitive skin, yarn
Filed under: Older Reviews