Live the arts & crafts lifestyle!
Knitting is back! A popular choice at therapy centres and community clubs, knitting is a great hobby to take up because you only need very basic skills to make your first project. Homecrafts are with you every step of the way!
Over the last few years knitting has seen a huge rise in popularity with everyone from celebrities to underground commuters having a go. More recently though knitting has taken an exciting new direction in the form of ‘yarnstorming’ or ‘guerilla knitting’ – where passionate knitters decorate public places with woolly wonders. The intention of such [...]
On Sunday the 25th of March I visited Sock – ‘A celebration of quality Artists and Makers. An arts and crafts purchase and commission fair’. I had a fab time exploring the array of different stalls and trying to convince myself not to purchase everything in sight! The great thing about craft fairs is that you [...]
Everyone at Homecrafts has been saddened and outraged by the acts of mindless violence and thuggery in the streets of Britain this week. Kaja Marie Lereng Kvernbakken has created a heart pattern for London and they are available for free to all budding knitters on the Ravelry (a free website for knitters, crocheters and other [...]
