I’m off to Dublin tomorrow for the Knitting and Stitching show…….woohoo! It should be a craft nerds dream.
This little sampler is something I made a few weeks ago when I fancied some needlework. I had seen lots of examples of this slogan and I wanted to do something with it for ages. I made a “frame” from some pink card to match the embroidery floss. I found the charts for the letters on-line but for the life of me I can’t find the website now. I’ll update the post if I find it. After taking the photo above I popped the sampler and frame into a 6×4 clip frame and it was ready to display.
Update: I know it came from this page but I can’t remember which one I used 
Don’t worry I didn’t actually fish this out of someone’s bin but it did almost end up in my own bin. I got this jacket in Dunnes about two years ago, I love the fit of it and in fairness it served me well in interview type situations. At this stage I was just plain tired of it but I couldn’t really justify throwing it out. This is where the ladybird trim I showed you earlier came to the rescue…..and a red button.
Buying ribbon is one of my favourite things about being a craft enthusiast. I love how it is stored on giant spools and I swear, I get butterflies when I see it being measured out. Oddly I prefer to buy ribbon in yards rather than meters. The imperial system seems austere and grand compared to the mathematical metric system.
Here is a shot of some of my ribbon stash.
My ladybird trim was a birthday gift from my friend Mary B, the ladybirds on the pink ribbon were a gift from my friend Margaret. Most of the rest of what you can see in the photo came from a gorgeous shop in Dublin called Rubenesque. You’ll find the shop on South William Street and you’ll know it by the ribbons hanging from the door and railing. It was like a wonderful, colourful sweetshop….only with ribbons instead. Easier on the hips!
Here’s a closer look at that canvass ribbon with the crafty theme.
Crafters, especially yarn crafters, are always trying to think up projects to use up their stash. My favourite is brooches but this time I decided on cushion covers. In the interest of keeping things kitsch I went with granny squares. Here are two I’ve done so far.
This first one is just one giant granny square, designed to use up left over cotton yarn.
For this one I crocheted lots of smaller squares and then sewed them together.
If you’re interested in doing some basic granny squares yourself this tutorial looks pretty good.