February’s Craft Announcement!

February 1, 2013 · by · in Crafty Life

Ooh, I’m excited! February’s craft of the month is the beautiful, varied, and well-established craft of embroidery!

(If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen me mention it earlier this month.)

Embroidery didn’t catch my eye until I worked as a photographer for my grandmother’s business (website in Finnish). She sells printed linens and cloths for DIY embroidery, amongst other wonderfully crafty things, and wanted to set up a website. Spending so much time with the embroidered linens helped me appreciate their elegance and the beauty of hand-embroidered pieces.

Now, I look for vintage embroidery in second-hand shops and love the often bright and geometrical styles of contemporary embroidery.

So here’s the confession: other than half-finished kits I’ve never done embroidery. It’s on my long list of ‘loved but never tried’ crafts, much like crochet was. So in the spirit of my craft-a-month project, here goes!

What to expect this month:

Possibly some pricked-finger rants (ouch)
My Etsy embroidery favourites (send me yours too!)
Beginner-friendly embroidery DIYs for you clever crafty folks
More crochet goodness as I finish January’s projects!

… as well as the simple, daily pleasures of crafty living. I can just smell the coffee and spring breezes I’ll be enjoying this month. What about you?

All the best,