Category: making

Published May 11, 2019

Flax, round 2

I never managed to complete my blog series on my flax project earlier. The weather got cold and wet last fall which put an abrupt…

Published September 3, 2018

I wasn’t familiar with the flax plant before I started Linen Growers Club. I knew vaguely that the plants grew blue flowers and seeds that…

Published August 30, 2018

Remember that time that I spontaneously decided to build a theremin after seeing a random tweet for a workshop? I did it again. Earlier this…

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Published January 9, 2017

For my first mending project I wanted to try my hand at darning socks. These ones had large holes in the heels so they were…

Published January 8, 2017

I’ve decided to take up a year-long project in which I take some time each week to mend or fix something. I have a number…

Published March 22, 2015

Long time no see, eh? Things have been really busy around these parts lately. I hate how whenever one leaves off writing in a blog…

Published November 3, 2014

This is the first knitting project I started after moving to the UK, since due to lack of space, I had to leave all of…

Published November 1, 2014

It’s November first, which means it’s Wovember in the UK! Wovember is about celebrating wool and the people and animals who produce it and drawing…

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Published October 3, 2014

I realised something in late September. It’s getting really nippy, especially in the evenings, and when it’s overcast. I sent a link to my projects…

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