Christmas Open House in Brighton

If you are anywhere near East Sussex next weekend make a visit to this wonderful Open House, see here

wooden honey dippers

There are some gorgeous gifts for Christmas including paintings, textiles, woodturning, felting, jewellery and knitting.

Open Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th December 2013.

October knitting retreat

The last retreat this year is going brilliantly and so far the sun has been shining. We have four guests - Franziska from Switzerland and Jennifer, Angela and Verna, all from a US military base in Germany. This is actually the youngest group we have had staying here, they are all competent knitters, but are enjoying experimenting with new techniques and it is really enjoyable to be able to help them and watch their enthusiasm.

Franziska is designing an i-pad cover using two colours and slip stitch to form a honeycomb design, 

Jennifer is working on a cardigan for herself and a felted wine bottle carrier 

Angela is experimenting with cables and fairisle and knitting a pair of socks in between,

Verna is half way through a cowl and has just started a hat for her husband - and this is only the first day!
The weather has been lovely, warm enough for lunch outside in the garden and cool enough in the evening for a log fire.
We also have another guest for a couple of weeks - Puck, who is very sweet, but looks like she belongs in Star Wars.....

Techno Cozies by Sue Culligan

An exciting little package has just arrived in the post! My advance copy of Techno Cozies, I can't believe it is finally in print. Writing and designing Techno Cozies was a real challenge, as well as knitted projects it includes sewing, felting and crochet. There are a total of 30 designs for cozies, bags and cases and all are suitable for any level of experience in each craft. It will be available to the general public the first week of September and can be ordered in advance now on many of the major websites including Amazon and WH Smiths, I will have some copies available to order on KnitKits at the beginning of September.
A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who helped me along the way, especially Kim, Frances, Jo and Wendy for helping me meet the deadline by making up some of the designs.

Noro Kureyon

Kureyon is the perfect yarn for felting projects, use it to make bags and accessories for Christmas Gifts. Wash in the machine at 40-60 degrees to create a strong firm felted fabric in beautiful colours. Buy here.