Browsing Archive: April, 2014

Learning new skills

Posted by Julie Porter on Saturday, April 26, 2014,
This month I have been learning some new skills that will definitely benefit me in the future.
Firstly I have had to hem a dress so I have refreshed my knowledge on how to do a regular hem, learned how to hem a circle skirt, and how to use the blind hem stitch on my sewing machine for the first time.  
At the Craft Club at the Acle Library I learned how to cast on "the Spanish way" with help from my new friend Maria.
You hold the knitting needle under your armpit, loop one side of the wool the...
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I am a keen make do and mender/recycler. I love crocheting too.  I have a "magpie eye" for anything sparkly, vintage or uber-cool!  I love live music, cups of tea ( I am so English!), and a cracking novel to read.