Where it all began

I've decided to start a blog after a good few years of making things as recently it has become more of an obsession, and I am craving the opportunity to do more and more.  So, I felt that talking about it and sharing it with others might help me express this side of me.

I learnt to knit and sew as a teenager, taught by my mum and making a few dubious jumpers and slightly badly fitting dresses and skirts. I may not have been fast or accurate, but I enjoyed it a lot.   That all seemed to go by the wayside in my 20's and most of my 30's - University, marriage, divorce, career - they all got in the way.

But about 5 years ago a friend at work was looking for someone to teach her to knit, so we started a mini-knitting club during our lunchtimes and I re-learnt, and she and another colleague got started.     This re-ignited my craftiness just a touch - but I never did finish the scarf that I started.  I think the cat may have got hold of the wool and I had to throw it out!

The same friend then had a hen night that involved dressing as Jane Austen.  We could either make our own dress, or get a dressmaker to do it. Well, I wasn't going to pay someone else to do what I was capable of, so I dusted off my machine and made an ill fitting dress. I got away with it, I think.







But it was moving to Grand View in 2010 that seemed to really get me back in the swing.  So, my first few blog entries will re-cap what I've done since my fiancée and I moved here.

PS. I was post-chemo with hair just starting to grow back there. Rocking the skinhead look!

PPS. I meant to add, the Jane Austen dress pattern was from http://sensibility.com/. I'll share details of where I get patterns, ideas and recipes throughout this blog to give credit where it is due and share sources.