March 20, 2008 – 12:28 pm
A couple of years ago I was in a really fun craft group where we tried different techniques every week. One time we had a visiting teacher who showed us how to make Ukrainian easter eggs like this one:
The principle is a little like batik-dying fabric. You build up layers of wax for each colour [...]
November 12, 2007 – 4:13 am
Amanda was asking what I’m making at the moment, so I thought I’d post some pictures. I’m knitting this scarf for myself:
Most people start learning to knit with scarves, but I’ve been knitting for about 25 years and I think this is the first one I’ve made. I’m enjoying it (though [...]
October 3, 2007 – 8:51 pm
None of my classes ever did anything like this for me!