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Very Secret Mysteries, no 6: Making Clothes

OK, people, let’s drop the pretence that this is a Wednesday series, shall we? I am not, nor ever will be, Havi Brooks, the indisputable [pirate] queen of ritual blogging. Be that as it may, here is the sixth post in the series, which so far has covered knitting, sewing, crochet, embroidery, and quilting. As [...]

Very Secret Mysteries, no. 5: Quilting

It’s not Wednesday, but it was quite recently! So here is the fifth in my series of personal introductions to the crafts I do. (I started with knitting, then talked about sewing, then turned to crochet and embroidery.) If you do any of these crafts, I’d love to hear about how you got started, too.
Quilting [...]

Very Secret Mysteries, no. 4: Embroidery

It’s not even remotely Wednesday! But here at String Revolution, I’ve arranged for time to stand still while I get my Wednesday series post written and published. So there. This is the fourth in my series of personal introductions to the crafts I do. (I started with knitting, then talked about sewing, then turned to [...]

Very Secret Mysteries, no. 3: Crochet

It’s Wednesday! (That is, it was when I wrote this – but then I didn’t manage to get it posted before the Feaster woke up for his night feed. Oh well.) Here is the third in my series of personal introductions to the crafts I do. The first one is about knitting, and last week’s [...]

Very Secret Mysteries, no. 2: Sewing

It’s Wednesday! Here is the second in my series of personal introductions to the crafts I do. The first one is about knitting. If you do any of these crafts, I’d love to hear about how you got started, too.
Sewing: joining together planes of woven string (fabric) by stitching through them with fine string (thread). [...]

Very Secret Mysteries, no. 1: Knitting

First of all, I want to say a big huge HELLO and WELCOME to all the new readers who’ve joined us since I got it together to start actually telling people about this blog. It’s genuinely exciting to get comments and e-mails from you in response to a post I’ve written. It’s what this is [...]