Blocking knitted socks: before and after
Flavour of the month is knitted socks. They are NOWHERE near as terrifying as we’re led to believe, promise.
Book binding resources for beginners
A helpful list of books, online courses and free tutorials for beginner book binders.
Disco Prawns: a commission
Folded neatly into a stamped cake box, I handed over my first fabric commission two days ago. Surprisingly, I feel forlorn.
Bumble bee
My new favourite trio of colours. Until the next favourite, that is.
Block printing resources for beginners
A helpful list of books, online courses and free tutorials for beginner block printers.
Impatients
That’s what my mother calls them, so that’s what they are.
(Thanks to her accent, she also calls ‘sheets’ ‘eshits’, which most definitely is not what they are, but that’s a story for another day.)
White lotus
The series, not the flower.
Like a tacky birthday card, I open to this page in my notebook and the disconcerting music from the series credits start rolling.
Billy buttons
My mother agreed to buy me the hat.
It was neon pink and yellow and violet. The brand was Cheetah and I thought it would make me it and a bit.
Black-eyed Susan
But make the petals orange.
A surprise, really, because I have a love/hate relationship with the colour.
Taking pictures
I know nothing about photography.
This is me attempting to use natural light and a reflector on my sketchbook. Pepe Tomate is cramping my style.