Four vintage patterns…

Look at what my Mum found, when she was clearing out some things from my Grandma’s house!
None of the envelopes have dates on them, but the style of the illustrations and the style of the clothes suggests late 1950s/early 1960s.
Even better – they’re in a size which I can modify to actually fit me! They’re [...]

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New Toys, or I Love My Yarn Winder.

I have a new yarn winder! It arrived a couple of days ago from Texere. It was quite expensive for a little plastic gadget, but it’s definitely going to be worth the money.

The first thing I did when it arrived was to immediately set to work winding balls from the odd skeins of Colinette from [...]

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Before and After…

Before: 1 REM t-shirt, size XL. This is what happens when you’re at the back of the merchandise queue.
After: 1 REM t-shirt, much smaller. This is what happens when you have a sister with a sewing machine. ;)

My sister bought this t-shirt when she went to see REM at the Milton Keynes Bowl, approximately one [...]

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