Handmade Little My needs a home
Little My is a feisty thing and possibly my favourite character from Tove Jansson's Moomin stories. She knows what she likes, she's not afraid to say what she thinks and, best of all, deep down she has a squidgy heart of gold. She appeared on my needles one night and now you can win her.
Read MoreVIVA LA FREE KNITTERS REVOLUTION!
When I cast on a scarf in eye-gouging neon yarn at 6.10 on live BBC Breakfast TV I had absolutely no idea that those few garish stitches would be the start of a knitting revolution. But it seems the Scarf of Doom has become a symbol for Knitters' Freedom.
Read MoreIntroducing Little knitted Nel (and how you can win her!)
I don’t make comics but I love them. In fact I love them so much that I share a studio with three fabulous comic creators (one of whom is my lovely boyfriend). So when all three of them took part in creating one of the most fabulous graphic novels the world has ever laid eyeballs on I was incredibly proud to watch it all happen. Nelson is a graphic novel created by a herd of British comics’ brightest stars. It tells the story of the main character, Nel Baker, from birth to the...
Read MoreBehind the handmade: Cooey the Pigeon (with competition)
“Who’s that pecking your left lunch? Cooey the Pigeon! Who sits and coos on Churchill’s hunch? Cooey the Pigeon! Who braves the hawk in old Traf Square? Cooey the Pigeon! Who just dropped whitewash in your hair? Cooey the Pigeon!” Traditional Cooey the Pigeon song, circa. 2011 ——————- Yes folks, it’s Cooey the Pigeon. London’s most lovely woolly winged bird of the people and star of the Stitch London book. Some call her...
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