This is a blog post that has been 5 months in the making, from undyed yarn to finished socks. Back in February I attended a yarn dyeing workshop held by Hutch of Dye Candy at the Row by Roe wool shop in Limavady. Before going on the course I searched for photo inspiration on Pinterest … More My hand dyed yarn socks
This is a ‘ta-dah’ post, I finished my Woollinn cast on this afternoon which was super quick for me. I cast on these socks the morning of my visit to the Woollinn, Dublin on the 25th May – so 16 days to complete. I had chosen this beautiful sock yarn from Lay Family Yarns on … More Buttercup socks
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Dublin’s very first yarn festival, Woollinn. Running from 25th-27th May, it promised to be a premier showcase of workshops with world renowned knitwear designers, dyers and makers. I was selected to be part of the press pool for the event which was really exciting, so I want to … More Woollinn, Dublin’s Festival of Yarn
Episode overview It’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK so I thought I’d make the most of having an empty house during the morning and film a little YouTube podcast. In it I discuss my latest work in progress – the Campside Cardigan by Alicia Plummer. I share my latest yarny purchase – … More Jean The Creative Pixie Podcast – Episode 5
Mother’s Day – This is past week saw Mother’s Day happen in the UK. My girls were very kind, made me cards and potted up some little teacup primroses. I also hinted to my husband that I would like a dress pattern after seeing a gorgeous jersey dress online . It’s the Zadie dress by … More Midweek waffle – 14th March 2018
This is my first blog post of the new year and I have a finished object to show with you. I received lots of lovely crafty stuff and several skeins of beautiful yarn from my family for Christmas. I chose this self striping yarn by NicoleCMendez on Etsy. It’s in the Brr… It’s Cold! colourway … More My New Year’s Day cast on socks
My latest video is now live on YouTube. I discuss a finished object, works in progress and craft purchases. You can find it here or search for my channel Jean the Creative Pixie and subscribe to keep up to date with my crafty life. Thanks
I have a FO (finished object) to share with you that I completed a couple of weeks ago, my Hydrangea socks. I bought the yarn from Vicki Brown Designs on etsy in the colour way Truffula Trees (4ply 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon) for the main body and a contrasting purple mini skein (again a 75:25% mix) … More Hydrangea socks
Last year, on the 1st of May, I had started to knit a pair of socks for myself using 4ply sock yarn from Opal (in the Kim colourway) and following the Winwick Mum sock pattern from the Super Socks book by Christine Perry. Fast forward to Easter 2017 when I remembered that they were in … More My own knitted socks
Here’s a quick make that I made this week in a couple of evenings. As it’s gotten quite frosty in the mornings I wanted to make myself a nice warm hat to wear on those early morning car journeys. I saw on the Not Your Average Crochet blog that Hannah had crocheted a cat hat and … More Crochet cat hat
