I have been feeling a bit small recently, small and glum, small things made, small achievements, small amounts of time…small. But reading Betsy Greer’s new book, Craftivism: the Art of Craft and Activism has reinvigorated my outlook. Small can still be significant. I am reminded of the powerful stories within Paul Kelly‘s great song, ‘From little things, big […]
Tag: books
Some you might remember me posting about a wee children’s picture book called Pelle’s New Suit last year. Our family has read that story many, many times since then and in honour of Wovember, that special month of wool appreciation, I think it is time to revisit dear old Pelle. Pelle’s New Suit tells the […]
On the way to playgroup yesterday, we dropped into a number of op shops (charity stores) looking for crochet hooks. I have volunteered to run a Learn to Crochet stall at Our Dear Boy’s school fete in a few weeks. The idea is to show 11 and 12 year olds who are a bit too […]
This is a cautionary tale for the passionate seamstress. A dear reader reminded me of this story in response to my dolly clothes frenzy. It is the story of a mouse who sewed a bit too much. So frenzied was her sewing that her poor mouse love had to do all the cooking, cleaning and […]
One of our dear girl’s gifts for her recent birthday was a sweet little book called Pelle’s New Suit by Elsa Beskow. It was first published in 1912 in Sweden and has been reprinted many times since. It depicts the making of a young boy’s suit from his shearing his own sheep, through the various […]
I am loving reading Mollie Makes a gorgeous UK indie style craft mag – in the style of Frankie but just choc full of crafty goodness. I have coveted the mag since my dear friend Kathryn introduced me to its wonders. In Australia, it is just prohibitively expensive (airfreight and all that) but in UK […]
