fibrefaerie

And so we reach the end of another fibre-fun-filled year. 2017 has seen another batch of Fibrefaerie knitters and crocheters out in the world, and all are happily making and crafting and loving the creative ebbs and flows of fibrecrafts. 

It has been my privilege and ho...

There is a funny story about how I learned to crochet. My mother swears that she taught me to crochet when I was a small child, but I don't remember.

I don't remember when I first started knitting. I know I was a small child. My mum and my Grandmother taught me, and I remember working through old Womens Weekly toy patterns and making clothes and accessories for my dolls and teddies. 

Meanwhile my mother, aunts and gr...

Gone are the days where paper patterns were prized like heirlooms as the only way to learn to knit or crochet a particular item.  When crafting together was usually for a practical, menial purpose and only when time was found to sit together to make clothing.

Thanks...