A year and a half after casting on, I have finally finished knitting my green stockings. These were mostly inspired by knickerbocker stockings designed by Henrietta Ryder of Richmond in…
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I recently blogged about the many WIPs (works in progress) that I have, and my intention to complete a majority of them this year. So I’m delighted to write that…
As a handknit designer and knitter I have plenty of initiative (dictionary definition: ‘first step in a series of actions’). I am often inspired to pursue a creative idea, usually…
Most appropriately for the Advent season, we’ve had snow in our corner of Yorkshire this weekend. Indeed, as my sister Marie and I left Halifax Town Hall on Saturday afternoon…
“there were all nations o’ stockins turned out i’ Cohen-eead, enough for a whole army o’ sodgers” Thus recanted Timothy Barraclough in the tale of Keziah Throp, written by Frederic Moorman,…
As autumn is now beautifully doing its thing, with the trees around my home giving me daily bursts of joy, I thought I’d post about some of the many items…
Having been invited to have a stall at the Mayor’s “Festive Craft Fair” at Halifax Town Hall this December, I’ve been knitting lots of little Yorkshire Hobs (see below for…
Having an English sewing machine that was made in 1897 (the year my house was first occupied), I am keen to source English made attachments and accessories for it that…
When I posted on Facebook about the antique sewing machine that I recently acquired, an old friend asked if I was going to do embroidery with it. This seemed such…
Friends, I bought it! So I am now the proud owner of a Jones Family Cylinder Shuttle sewing machine (aka Family CS). Checking the serial number and decals against the…
