wooly things

I really shouldnt have a wool shop so close by, its so tempting to pop in regulary and buy new bits. I'm not very good at knitting, but love to crochet and also collect yarns to use in my textiles too. I bought a rowan pattern book this week and although most of the patterns are for knitting theres a couple of crochet ones. I mainly bought it for a small spread of homeware items like cushions, bunting and blankets that were featured. I'm hoping to make some similar designs in crochet with the colours they used. I think the bunting is my favourite!

decor8

I was very excited to be featured on decor8 last monday, thank you so much holly!

tired

thats me these last few weeks. I've been very tired and drained since christmas. lots of little things going on in January, im just trying to keep up. I'd like to post more here and have a proper think about my shop soon and what I might do with it this year. Sales have been very quiet for months now and I'd like to change the idea of the shop but not sure what will work.

I am weaving in my textiles class! I am now in the second term of my AS level evening class, and enjoying it very much. I'm excited about my new project as I'm going to take the fashion direction and make jewellery for my unit piece. I'm using inspiration from karen monny's beautiful accessories.

I've been on ebay today and bought a mini peg loom & weaving kit. I'm looking forward to them arriving in the post soon!

Happy 2008

Theres lots of little & bigger things that I hope for this year. I will write them down soon so I can remember and remind myself often. My new year has started quite quietly and relaxed. One thing I would like to do & have started is to record each day with a photo, I will post them over at flickr as I go along :)