Craft & Design Month - May 2017

 

The last printed edition of Craft & Design magazine has been published. It is the March/April 2017 edition and of course amongst a whole host of interesting items, it features what's on in Craft & Design Month May 2017.

Hippystitch is delighted to be featured in this edition ...

and this year our project is a Brilliant Birds Yarnstorm which is supporting St Leonard's Hospice and will fly into Rowntree Park, York later this year.  You can find all the details here.

But here's a quick reminder...

Workshops

At our Brilliant Bird workshops, you can unleash your creativity with knitting, stitching, pompom making, finger knitting, knitting with very large needles and hopefully even some hula hoop weaving. 
 

Friday 5 May 2017 – Rowntree Park Café 

Rowntree Park, Richardson Street, York, YO23 1JU 
10:00 – 12:00

Saturday 13 May 2017 – The Golden Ball Pub 
2 Cromwell Road, York, YO1 6DU

12:00 – 14:00

Monday 15 May 2017 – The Winning Post Pub 
127-129 Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 1NZ 
19:00 – 21:00 

Drop in – all materials provided and leave your makes behind for display in Rowntree Park, York.

If you can't get to any of the workshops but still want to be involved you'll find some Brilliant Bird Patterns here.

Do join in - we can't do it without you...

And don't think that Craft & Design is disappearing - it's moving online to begin an exciting new phase.  So to Angie & Paul - a big thank you for featuring Hippystitch in your Craft & Design Month editions and good luck with the new developments - I can't wait!  

And I've just heard ...the first issue of craft&design Online is now available here. 

Craft & Design Month May 2016 & More Fantasy Fish

Craft & Design Magazine - May/June 2016

The Fantasy Fish project has been featured in the current issue of Craft & Design Magazine!  As you may know, May is Craft & Design Month - a whole month to celebrate crafts across the UK.  First launched by Craft & Design magazine in 2011, Craft & Design Month is an opportunity to support, promote and celebrate designer makers and small craft businesses across Britain.  

 

And Hippystitch is joining in that celebration with a Fantasy Fish extravaganza.  Deborah New & I have three workshops in May where you can come along and unleash your creativity with knitting, stitching, pompom making, finger knitting, or knitting with very large needles. 

Tuesday 10 May 2016 – The Winning Post Pub 
127-129 Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 1NZ 
19:00 – 21:00

Saturday 21 May 2016 – The Golden Ball Pub 
2 Cromwell Road, York, YO1 6DU

12:00 – 14:00

Thursday 26 May 2016 – Rowntree Park Café 

Rowntree Park, Richardson Street, York, YO23 1JU 
14:00 – 16:00

Do drop in - all materials are provided and all the fish you make will go to make up our Fantasy Fish Yarnstorm in Rowntree Park and support the York Flood Appeal.

Catch of the day!

I have been knitting a few more fish.  Using my goldfish knitting pattern and self patterning chunky yarn - RICO design creative melange chunky 50g - I knitted 3 fish and had a small amount left over.  The recommended needle size for the yarn was 6-7mm but I knitted mine on 5.5mm to get a closer knit as I was stuffing them.  I used buttons for eyes and matched them to some of the yarn colours.  They ended up approx. 23cm by 8cm (9 inches by 3 inches)

Fat fish with fins

I also tried another self patterning yarn but using the Fat Fish knitting pattern.  I gave this one some fins by picking up a few stitches and knitting out till I thought it looked right.  I'm calling this one submarine fish because that's what I think he looks like!  He's knitted on 3.75mm needles and is about 15cm by 8.5cm (6 inches by 3.5 inches).  This was knitted with a double knitting yarn - James C Brett Marble Double Knit Yarn 100g (there's still about 90g left!) and the recommended needle size was 4mm.

If you're on Twitter try looking out for #fantasyfish and post a picture of any you make using that hashtag!

Craft & Design Month May 2015

It's May - so it must be Craft and Design Month! And I'd like to thank Craft & Design for featuring Poppies in the Park in their current issue.

Craft & Design Month is a celebration of British craft.  In this amazing month of creativity there are loads of craft events going on across Britain.  You can find details about them here.  Go take a look - there might be something that's right up your street (literally!)