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Easter eggs

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 [...]

Doing things backwards

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 [...]

Six Kens

None of my classes ever did anything like this for me!