Crafty shopping in Nantwich

Hubby- are you sure you’ll be ok if I leave you on your own in Nantwich for a few hours

Me- hmm, what, oh are you still here, look a new wool shop

So few hours of the new fancy wool shop, market stalls selling wool, buttons and liberty fabric, cake and sketching at St Mary’s church

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Eave

Comfy PJs

I’ve written before about how our local Emmaeus charity shop does a great range of up-cycled an salvaged craft supplies. This week I got 3 m of this lovely print stretch fabric for just £6. Knocked up some really comfy short PJ trousers as the ones for sale in the shops are all way too short and end up flashing allsorts to the world. Have now remembered why I hate sewing with stretchy fabric though.

Hippy chick card

Quick card for lovely little girl. She always dresses in hippy chick style so this free kit from world of cross stitch was ideal.

3D face mask ‘protecao’

Face masks now compulsory in shops in UK, so I’ve made some really well fitting ones using the youtube video by Fran Misticonto. In Portugese, but fairly easy to follow. I made mine 3cm taller and wider as first one was a bit too snug. Already getting requests in from family members to make more.

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3D Yogi

Made a 3D version of sister in laws dog to use on their xmas card. Used self cover button based on pattern in Feb 2020 cross stitcher magazine.

Science boy

So proud of my godson. Despite being in lockdown he still came top in science in his first year of high school. This is Science George, designed in celebration

Away in a …..

Finally got to the star of the show in the nativity scene. Complete with manger and hay

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Wise woman two

Back to nativity knitting. Just finishing off wise woman two. While her hubby brings frankincense she’s gone for much wiser option of a personalised baby jumper and a teddybear

She has curly hair so had another “what are you cooking in the oven” “what do you mean wool” conversation with the husband.

Build a cat fish jumper

Birthday of friend’s teddy obsessed daughter looming near. Have dressed up a second had build a bear cat with a fish themed sweater and cosy scarf. I designed build a bear sweater last year worked top down. This one us bottom up as according to Arne and Carlos’ videos this makes the stitches look happy not sad

Yarn bomb toadstools

Installed the first draft yarn bomb toadstools in my garden.

Theses were the trial run for some for my friend. She fell in love with some at a local yarn bomb event so I had to make her a pair of her own

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