Month / November 2013

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  • A skip hop and a jump…

    …across the wee Atlantic pond and I arrived in SAN FRANCISCO! Yes, it is official, today we signed a lease for an apartment: we have moved to the hilly city. So far so brilliantly amazingly vibrant and awesome! Last night we tapped our toes to the gypsy-jazzy-swinging music of Gaucho. They have been playing every…

  • Glowing paper lanterns

    A lot of fun was had making these silhouette-paper-lanterns at Farnham Festival of Crafts. We made simple circuits using coper tape, and a bit of conductive ink to glue (I mean *cold solder*) the components.

  • Craft Connects Book

    Here is the final version of the Craft Connects book! Play the video link to see it in action. I am especially happy with how the knitted triangles came together. The cover looks fantastic, and when you link the letters C R A F T to the knitted triangle labelled “connect”, you trigger sound-bytes from…

  • Knitted book cover

    To make the knitted book cover I had the the help of the Farnborough knit and natter group, and the Nepalese craft group. Both groups worked together to make loads of triangles, which I then stitched together. English and Nepalese casting on techniques are quite different, and the two groups learned from each other. I…