When I spotted the cute kits L’Ile à Mousse was selling at the Aiguille en Fête show we were attending I knew I just had to get one. It was just a matter of deciding which one. I opted for Miette the Mouse as it was just a little bit different than the actual teddy…
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Happy New Year everyone! Following on from yesterday’s post looking back at the highlights of the Stitching Sheep’s first year, I thought it would be fitting to celebrate it’s anniversary today and look ahead at the things 2018 will hopefully have in store for the Stitching Sheep. I have actually started writing this post enjoying…
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Today is the 31st of December. Besides being the last day of 2017 it is also the last day of the first year of the Stitching Sheep and what a year it has been! I am so glad I have taken the plunge last year to launch the Stitching Sheep’s blog and social media accounts.…
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Those of you who follow The Stitching Sheep on Instagram will have noticed the daily updates of the Edsadvent CAL I joined. As today is the 24th of December it is the final day of the advent calendar and that means I have finished the animal! She is called Gloria and she is a Red…
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You will have noticed that the Stitching Sheep’s blog has been rather quiet for the last two weeks. It is not because I have not been doing anything craft-related as my frequent Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts will testify, but they are rather a mixed bag of things so this will be kind of a…
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Today I have visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. I really like this show at it has a great mix of all types of yarn, thread and fabric crafts and it has a good mix of small businesses/individual designers and bigger companies. I have been for these past two years but unlike previous…
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Crafting is a lot of fun, at least in my opinion. It is even more enjoyable if you can share your crafting with someone else or even craft together. This way you become part of a crafting community or part of what Vickie Howell calls The Hive. For those of you who do not know…
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I finished my 2nd Ed’s Animal yesterday. This one is Seth a Wensleydale sheep. I couldn’t resist making this cutie, my website isn’t called the Stitching Sheep for nothing! Even though it has been a few months since I have made his cousin Simon, it was so much easier making the 2nd one. All of…
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Can’t believe I have actually finished it! Moreover, I have finished it within the 14 weeks set for the CAL, even though we have been on holiday for a large part of it. When I started in the middle of February I was very excited about the CAL but also a bit scared as I hadn’t…
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Based on my past purchases, Amazon had been recommending Edward’s menagerie by Kerry Lord for ages. However, I only really looked at it when I spotted it on a bookshelf at the Glasgow branch of Waterstones last August. I was immediately taken by the lovely cute designs and I couldn’t resist buying a copy. When I got…
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