2016 will be destined to go down as the year that we lost a lot of iconic people including, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie and Prince to name a few. But it will also be known as the year that my craft focus was stretched into lots of new activities. And as usual life seriously gets … Read more
Early last year my niece asked me to make her a Little Heart Scrapghan blanket. It wasn’t a particularly hard blanket to make. If you follow the link to my Ravelry projects page you will see that the blanket is essentially crochet hearts that are made into a blanket. Now this poor blanket through no … Read more
Winter has been and gone here. It was the first day of Spring last week. Now I thought being cold would help with the old Knitting mojo but it really didn’t happen. Colder weather is more appealing to knit. Apparently not. The knitting count for Winter turned out to be just 2 pairs of socks … Read more
In my last post I started to share my Close to my Heart journey and why I love CTMH products so much. Now after a lot of thinking about what this blog should be about. Jones in the Fast skein is more about knitting and fibre crafting, not really scrapbooking or stamping. I decided … Read more
It’s time to say goodbye to the Current Annual Ideas Book from Close to my Heart. If you are wanting to order anything from it you have until Sunday the 31st July, 2016 to order. You can order by clicking on the Shop now button on my blog or at donnajones.closetomyheart.com.au/ and your order will be … Read more
Two months…. yeah it doesn’t seem that long but maybe it might be time to update where my craft goals are for this year. Sadly I don’t think they have progressed too far. I think they will end up putting “Easily distracted” on my tombstone. 🙂 make something using colorwork – knit or crochet- … Read more
When I first started this blog I was mainly doing knitting and crochet and was using this to showcase completed projects. And for a long time that is how the blog has stayed. It has also been a great place to keep track of how my yearly craft goals or as I call them “Craft-olutions” … Read more
When you are young the year just seems to drag by…. months seem to last for years. But as you get older the year just flies by in the blink of an eye. Unless you have a child who is oh so excited about her birthday. I really love my daughter but once Christmas is gone … Read more
Life is crazy busy so just a quick update make something using colorwork – knit or crochet- (No Change) Make 6 pairs of socks over 12 months – (socks complete 2/6. Pair 3 and 4 on the needles) Spin 6 braids of fibre – (1/6 completed) Try Double knitting – (No Change) Knit a pattern from … Read more
So here we are in February and its time to revisit my Craft-olutions. With one month of the year gone there hasn’t been a great deal of movement on them but enough to warrant a blog post. There will be a post later this week (hopefully) with pictures of current and finished objects. make … Read more