Showing posts with label tidy up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tidy up. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Early preparations for a Workshop at Home...

A few years ago we bought one of the huge extendable Norden tables from Ikea, after a couple of years I decided it was just too big for the space. So we divided it into a work table in a small room in the old house and used the middle leaf for another project and made a smaller table from the second half.....I still have the half table and 8 chairs....not big enough for at ,east 11 people

Having thoughts of doing a workshop at home i needed a that large table again, to seat around 11/12. We found the same long table for sale on eBay at a fraction of the cost and collected it last night. 

My workoom at the moment is in desperate need of a huge tidy up, planned as soon as we've got rid of the old kitchen units piles up along one wall (new kitchen arrives tomorrow and the old one will be recycled over the next couple of days...off to be used in friends garages and workroom). 

So still a little cramped right now but Phil bless him put it all together for me last night after i cleared enough space for it down the centre of my workroom....lots of tidying up and sorting out to do but it's just perfect for a workshop and with the half Norden table I still have it will sit around 12 easily.....and when the old kitchen units have been removed will have a good space all the way around at the moment its pushed to one side a little.





So many blankets hanging on the back of all the chairs...really must sort out at least one double cupboard at the end of the workroom to store some of them or there wont be enough room to sit on the chairs!

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

8 OF MY DESIGNS IN 2 MAGAZINES THIS MONTH....

A friend popped round, asked me if i had seen the Inside Crochet and Simply Crochet magazines this month....no but i had heard something


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Has been short listed for a British award for best Crochet Book 



 In total there were 8 of my designs in just 2 magazines and she said I had something in the third one too but she didn't buy that one...
lovely write up about my crochet thanks Claire
from Inside Crochet

 this little pot is an old design but I still love it
 the very popular TARTAN throw and Cushion from earlier this year
hanging in my dining room before its border was added
 and the 4 new designs just released





 and one of my Diamond designs was being used in their SUBSCRIBE NOW..and get the pattern and yarn as this months subscription gift

and the Rainbow Blanket....the complete pattern as part of the 
COMMIT TO KNIT 
charity campaign 


The original idea for the blanket

 Blowing in the wind after washing 
makes a great scarf too...


I did suggest she stop and help me sort my craft room out,
 but no support there..she was off to read her new magazines! lol 
can't blame her it's not a quick job....

the wall behind my Craft Room bed needs changing i think..lots of new designs to hang up for inspiration...
and so many boxes of samples need sorting....