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A Felted Hallowe’en: Part 2

Posted on October 30, 2012 by craftyally

Everybody enjoy a bit of messy play. Inspired by a big bag of wool fibre in a range of amazingly lush colours recently gifted to us by a friend, we embarked on creating some autumnal/hallowe’en decorations. We used ordinary hand … Continue reading →

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A Felted Hallowe’en: part 1

Posted on October 21, 2012 by craftyally

This weekend the Toddler and I emerged ourselves in felt as we made our first Halloween decorations. We started out by cutting out a number of bats in different sizes in black felt, folding the felt in two as I … Continue reading →

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A Wee Rose Red

Posted on September 22, 2012 by craftyally

Ysolda’s Rose Red beret (rav link) must be one of those wonderful little patterns that fulfil every possible knitting craving. An absolute pleasure to knit with some interesting lace and simple cables. Being a small accessory it was a fairly quick … Continue reading →

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The Genius of Alfie Atkins

Posted on September 12, 2012 by craftyally

Alfie Atkins is a little boy who lives with his single dad in a flat in a high rise in an ordinary Swedish suburb. He is not very big, not very strong, he worries about the kinds of things little … Continue reading →

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A Scottish cardie for a Scottish Lassie

Posted on July 25, 2012 by craftyally

I made an entirely Scottish cardigan for my wee Scottish girl. The pattern (Ysolda’s adorable Coraline pattern), the yarn (Shilasdair luxury DK  from the Isle of Skye ) and even the cute handmade clay buttons (skulls and cross stitches) are Scottish. … Continue reading →

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The Birthday Box

Posted on July 23, 2012 by craftyally

One of A’s favourite games to play is ‘Birthday’. She loves the singing, the dancing, the birthday cards, the birthday presents and the cake. The imaginary cake usually gets gobbled up really quickly and she has to make some more. … Continue reading →

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Photography Challenge: follow the red thread.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by craftyally

At Easter the Toddler and I went to our first play together, and it involved yarn. The story about someone. Someone’s knocked over the knitting. Let’s follow the string of yarn to find out who did it… Can you hear … Continue reading →

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Toddler Pixie Hat

Posted on April 18, 2012 by craftyally

The combination of a list of WIPs, all requiring some element of moderation of various degrees, and late nights naturally made me look for a procrastination project that I could churn out without much effort. Stella Pixie Hat is a … Continue reading →

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Wimmelbüchern

Posted on March 20, 2012 by craftyally

For A’s second birthday she was the lucky recipient of two German Wimmel-Bilderbüchern. Das Grosse Wimmelbuch Durch Stadt und Land by Stephan Baumann (Arena Verlag GmbH, 2000) and Winter -Wimmerbuch by Rotraut Susanne Berners (Gerstenberg, 2003). These are large books without … Continue reading →

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A Bit Lost – book review

Posted on March 2, 2012 by craftyally

My 2-year-old daughter and I have been reading A Bit Lost by Christ Haughton (Walker, 2010). It has lovely illustrations and is such a wonderfully fun and interactive book that I simply had to share it. Little Owl bounces out of … Continue reading →

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