#FiberuaryChallenge day 4/ #wipwednesday Knitted blanket squares for an old people’s home near my work (lots more to go!)

Still catching up with #FiberuaryChallenge ! Yesterday’s prompt was Mood - my favourite mood is Fibre Mood sewing patterns (despite the tracing). I’ve been wearing this shirt this week #sewing

For #SewAndTell this week the theme is BOLD - here’s my favourite Alexander Henry fabric, Frida’s Garden, as a much-worn skirt. I also made a sleeveless pussy bow blouse with the rest of it, and teeny bits went into a quilt #sewing

For the #FiberuaryChallenge theme of New Beginnings, the start of a blanket square 🧶

Just found #FiberuaryChallenge (a day late, obvs!). I’m usually knitting, sewing, embroidering with a bit of tapestry, occasional weaving and mending etc, London-based, like to travel, go to live music, bit of a sci-fi nerd

More shades of grey for #ShowMeYourKnits - cardi made for a German friend a couple of years ago 🧶

Here’s a grey baby cardi for #ShowMeYourKnits - looks as though I was using up some leftover colours too 🧶

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is GREY so here’s the jumper I made my brother for Christmas from an old Emu pattern 🧶

I have made it to the red part of my handspun yarn and it's weaving up SO NICE.

It’s kids week for #SewAndTell - I haven’t sewn any children’s clothes but I’ve enjoyed making a few kid-friendly hand-sewn Christmas tree decorations out of felt

Oh dear, I don’t have many garter stitch knits for #ShowMeYourKnits this week (and I think I’ve shown this one before) - cardi for baby Nori, which was posted off last week 🧶

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#SewAndTell week 22 is work in progress. I’m turning this William Morris cotton into a Fibre Mood Edith blouse. Feels like I’ve done lots of pattern tracing and cutting, but not a lot of actual sewing yet! #sewing #garmentsewing

Stashbusting chunky cowl is done - and ridiculously warm - early entry for #ScrapAlong2026 🧶

#ShowMeYourKnits this week is HANDS. Here’s my hand a year ago while I was making these fingerless gloves from the Fellowship of the Knits book 🧶

Managed to get through a lot of leftover wool last year, thanks to the Scrap Along - well done to @thehairyknitter.bsky.social for curating this. Now to work out what to do with the mixture of Aran yarn in the cupboard! 🧶

Messing around with tapestry hearts for crafting session at work #embroidery #tapestry

Another blue make for #SewAndTell - a blue waxed cotton top made using one of my mum’s old patterns #garmentsewing

#SewAndTell this week is blue - here’s the @sewoveritlondon.bsky.social pussy bow blouse in a blue floral pattern from a few years ago #garmentsewing

Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie

Another “what’s on your needles?” post! There wasn’t enough chunky wool left to make another sleeveless jumper so I decided to make a cowl instead 🧶#ShowMeYourKnits

#SewAndTell this week is “what’s on your needles” - unfortunately it’s my red Kidsilk Haze cardi (again). I thought I had caught all the moth holes when I did some mending last week, then I wore it and found some more! 🧶

An evening #WIPWednesday. #Blackwork #embroidery on 14-count Aida.

this one is called goose horse

First knit of the year, using some chunky wool left over from other projects #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

This week’s #SewAndTell theme is joy. One thing about #garmentsewing that gives me a lot of joy is knowing that I’ve made something utterly unique - my fabric choices, my fit, my mistakes!

Happy New Year #ShowMeYourKnits crew! This week’s theme is Firsts, so here’s the first time I turned digital artwork into intarsia - this was also my first commission (I think), a jumper for a 16th birthday present (artwork created by the recipient’s dad, based on her favourite plush) 🧶

Sorted out the cupboard yesterday and am optimistic that I might get a tank top out of the chunky wool left over from other projects #knitsky 🧶

These are rubbish photos but I have just finished my last #garmentsewing make of 2025, so I thought they would be good for this week’s #SewAndTell theme of 2025 reflections and 2026 resolutions! Vogue coat in raspberry Shetland wool

I decided to make another pattern from the Fellowship of the Knits book, using leftover wool (just ran out of teal at the very end!) #knitsky 🧶

The last #ShowMeYourKnits of the year is Knitter’s Choice - here’s my favourite baby knit from this year, plus I finally learned how to do double knitting (will I ever learn brioche?!) #knitsky 🧶

Little bit of Christmas stitching- pattern from The Steady Thread #embroidery

The last baby knit of the year is done! For baby Max, adapted Rowan pattern with copy from Typographic Knitting book #knitsky 🧶

My second #SewAndTell post on the theme of gifts is a pile of tote bags I made from my stash for various friends (my mum keeps her pegs in one too!)

This week’s #SewAndTell theme is gifts, so here is a @sewoveritlondon.bsky.social Sylvia top that I made using some beautiful red fabric gifted to me by a friend in exchange for some face masks I made for her in 2020

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is whites (which I have none of) and brights (which I have many of!). Here are a few bright baby knits 🧶

#wipwednesday palate-cleansing baby jumper for a friend’s new arrival #knitsky 🧶

Aran jumper is finally done and sewn up in time to be gifted for Christmas (phew!) #knitsky 🧶

This week’s #SewAndTell theme is upcycling - this jacket is made of fabric samples that were going to be disposed of when my work moved offices (obviously I had to rescue them!). The buttons are made of vintage fabric, bought in Hay-on-Wye #garmentsewing

Here’s my big cardigan project from last year for #ShowMeYourKnits - Marie Wallin’s Honeysuckle cardi made for my mum 🧶

It’s cardigan week on #ShowMeYourKnits - here’s my favourite baby cardigan, made for a French colleague (hence the colour scheme). It’s a Martin Storey pattern 🧶

Pink yak! #art ✧ #yak ✧ #painting

More home decor for #SewAndTell - a couple more cushion covers, printed on Epson textile printers and made for the showroom at work. My first attempt at piping (!)

#SewAndTell week 16 is Home Decor - here’s a cushion I made for a friend who runs an online fabric shop, Blue Duck Fabrics (please check out his website if you get the chance - lots of lovely choices for interiors)

Details of the 2026 Steady Thread stitch-a-long for anyone interested #embroidery #fiberarts thesteadythread.com/pages/2026-s...

Just remembered another colourful Christmassy knit for #ShowMeYourKnits that will be buried somewhere in the Christmas decorations box! 🧶

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is holiday themed/ coloured knits. Here are three Christmas stockings and a bonus polar bear in the Christmas tree last year 🧶

I know they’re cute but I’m getting a bit bored of making felt tree decorations - only two more to go and lots of felt to cut before the work event next week #fiberarts

Yet more felt tree decoration - free pattern I found online (though will make a donation to, as it’s a great pattern) #fiberarts

Today’s #SewAndTell theme is menswear. I don’t make much, but here is the loudest shirt ever, made for work to show off the colours you can get on the big Epson textile printers #garmentsewing