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28Oct

Catching Up

I completely lost my crafting mojo this summer. I’m not sure if it was the unusually hot weather we had here in the UK or if I was just distracted by a busy summer schedule but my needles, hooks and yarn were left feeling very much neglected.





Although there has been very little crafting I have had a fantastic summer filled with all sorts of lovely things – festivals, weddings, city breaks, country walks and I even got to attend the filming of the very last IT Crowd episode in London! There has also been the not so lovely task of getting our incredibly old boiler replaced with a snazzy new one. Yay for instant hot water! Boo to the cleaning & redecorating that followed.




Estonian Open Air Museum

Estonian open air museum


 

Drinking cinnamon beer at Olde Hansa

Dublin Wedding

Left: At Olde Hansa, an awesome medieval themed restaurant in Tallinn, Estonia.
Right: At a wedding in Dublin


 

Glastonbury Festival

At Glastonbury festival

 

My fingers have been resting but I can’t say the same for my bank account, unfortunately! Several crafty items may have been purchased over the last few months but more on that another time.

 

So now that autumn is upon us and the temperature has dropped considerably my fingers are itching to get back to work. New yarn purchases are calling to me and I have exciting plans to knit my first sweater. Watch this space!


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10May

Hadouken!

Did anyone play the video game Street Fighter growing up? I loved it. Anyway, just thought I’d share this photo of my husband and I being silly last weekend. We were attempting to create our own version of the Hadoukening meme. Try not to laugh too hard…


Life, Me, Photography
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02May

Casting on…

Welcome to Make ALL the things, my new blog. I guess a good place to start would be to tell you about myself. Well then, here goes…

 

My name is Chris and I live in North West England. During the day I work full time as a web developer but the rest of the time I love nothing more than to indulge in various crafts such as knitting and crochet. I have a husband, 2 cats but no children (yet). Aside from crafting I love music, photography and long walks in the countryside.

 

I have been knitting (on and off) for around two years now and crocheting for only a few months but that’s long enough to have me hooked. I constantly find myself drooling over ideas and patterns and wanting to make everything all at once.

 

I plan to use this place to share details of my projects, photography and general day-to-day musings. Let’s hope I don’t end up talking to myself…


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About Me

me Hi, I'm Chris. I love to knit and crochet. I want to make ALL the things.

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  • Ubuntu Scheepjes CAL 2018 12 February 2019
  • Nuts about the Sky 12 February 2019

    Using the Nuts about sky colour pack in Scheepjes Sunkissed. First time using this yarn, I love the look of it but it’s a lot thinner than what I’m used to crocheting with.

    2/4/17
    First Square and a steep learning curve for me! Lots of stitches and techniques I haven’t used before. Definitely not TV crochet!

  • Hygge 17 March 2017

    11-02-2017

    Completed gauge square using 4.5mm clover soft touch hook. Correct width of 10cm achieved but fell slightly short on height - with a bit of stretching and the added embroidery I get the correct height.

    First try was with a 4.5mm crochet lite hook and the measurements were way off! Much too wide but also too short. Also found the hook very squeaky and grabby, not pleasant to work with. Shame as the extra light was handy.

    19-02-2017

    Week one complete, loving the CAL so far!

About Me

Hi, I'm Chris. Web developer by day, crafter by night. This is my quest to make ALL the things.

Latest Posts

  • WIP: Julissa Jumper

    30 Oct, 2013
  • Oh, Tallinn

    29 Oct, 2013
  • Catching Up

    28 Oct, 2013

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  • 7 years ago Latest blog post - Granny Flower Cushion http://t.co/AwAdSozBbh
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