How to Learn a New Craft
I’m five crafts into the year. So far I’ve tackled crochet, embroidery, calligraphy, stamp making, and this month fused glass. Tackling new crafts one after the other has helped me fine-tune my process of learning the techniques and putting them…
February’s Craft Announcement!
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…
January’s Simple Pleasures + Other Highlights
It was beautiful in Chepstow today. The morning started out grey, but by midday it was breezy and bright and the earthy smell of spring was in the air. The local florist shop smelled heavenly of lilacs when I stepped…
Unexpected Journeys
January is coming to a close. The first craft of the year has been pounced upon and conquered as much as I could do with a month’s time to spend on it. Crochet has tested me, but it has rewarded…