We have been working hard on our big project for autumn; the Buttonbag Knitting Kit. Mittens, hats, purses and bags are all included in the instructions, but someone thought it would be fun to use up all the left-over bits of wool making dolls clothes – afterall – that’s what we were doing 30 odd years ago. So Sara’s Sindy and my Sasha and my sister’s Action Man were resecued from various attics and cajoled and poked into these fetching little knitted numbers. We were going to put them on the back page of the Knitting Book but Dan the photographer was so disturbed by them – particularly Eagle-Eyes, whose posable rubber hands have disintegrated into stumps (that’s why he’s standing like that! ) – and said they were far too scary for children!
Archive for June, 2010
Our Patterned Hand
June 16th, 2010Craft in Hackney
Have you noticed how many new funky craft, sewing and knitting shops are opening up? Loop in Islington has long been a top destination for wool and Fabrications on Broadway Market – a stone’s throw across the park from Buttonbag HQ – specialises incontemporary textiles and really beautiful handmade crafts and runs fantastic sewing and quilting courses too.


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