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Finding Inspiration :: Summer of Beads and Lace ::

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After spending a day catching up with the last few episodes of the Knitmore Girls Podcast recently, I decided that evening I simply had to knit a lace shawl with beads, as you do.
With my brain power at an all time low and with a distinct lack of 4ply or lace weight yarn in my stash, I eventually decided on Martina Behm's Brickless, adding beads simply at the points. This feels a little like it...

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Finding Inspiration :: Rainy Day Crafting ::

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The weather has not yet improved and doesn't look much like it will, not during half term anyway.  So I've been scouring pinterest in the hope of some rainy day entertainment for the little one.  Of course I was not disappointed!  I cannot wait to get started on some of these lovely ideas.

Click the little pictures at the bottom to see the original source of the images above, or click the big...

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Finding Inspiration :: A Room for Milo ::

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As I'm pregnant and all, I sensibly decided now would be a good time to give our whole house a bit of a overhaul, because you know heavy lifting and painting are two things you should definitely make sure you're incorporating into a safe pregnancy!

Milo's room is first up, I'm moving him completely, due to some damp issues in his current room. On emptying, what was the spare room, of all it's...

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finding inspiration :: blankets ::

Posted by vicki brown on

I was up crazy early this morning and I found myself snuggled up on the sofa, browsing flickr and dreaming of hooking up some lovely blankets.


Spring Babette blanket to be



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Dream in progress... part 18


Sunshine Day pillow & blanket in progress


a bundle o 'ghan


Summer Garden


Click on the photo's to find yourself at the flickr page of the creators of these beauties.



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