Planet South Bank's Craft-y-Crawl - Sunday 22 November 2015

Hippystitch - brooches, bracelets, necklaces, notebooks

Coming up on Sunday 22 November from 11am to 3pm, makers in York's South Bank are throwing open their doors and inviting their friends, neighbours and anyone who's interested to come and have a look at (and buy) their makes.  This could be a chance to get all your Christmas shopping done whilst having a pleasant walk round York.  Even better, you'd be supporting local makers.  

 

You can get a list of Planet South Bank's Craft-y-Crawl exhibitors here or a map here or you can pick up the info from Sainsbury's on the corner of Bishopthorpe Road and Scarcroft Road, York.  (Thanks to Pie Waller for organising this event!)
 

Nicola's Cards

Deborah New's Christmas Robins

Nicola's Cards - Christmas Cards

Hippystitch (jewellery & notebooks - take a look in the gallery), Nicola's Cards (cards & wrapping paper) and Deborah New (Christmas robin decorations) will all be at:

33 Wentworth Road, York, YO24 1DG

and just next door at 35 Wentworth Road we have Sue Dennis & Ruth Merriman who will have cards and small paintings. And lots more not far away - so do come along.  Hope to see you soon!

The Ropewalk - Barton upon Humber

If you've never ventured to Barton upon Humber in North Lincolnshire now is the time!  And if you live north of the Humber you can take in a trip over the magnificent Humber Bridge on the way (a must for civil engineering fans & not quite as expensive as it used to be either!).  Facts of the day - open since 1981, the Humber Bridge is the 5th largest single span suspension bridge in the world.  

The Ropewalk - View from the Sculpture Garden

Let's get back to the point though - Barton has this fabulous place called The Ropewalk.  Housed in a former rope factory, the Ropewalk is a centre for the arts.  It has galleries including a gallery shop, a sculpture garden, coffee shop (which is extremely fabulous and not to be missed), a museum detailing the history of ropemaking at the factory, meeting rooms, artists studios, picture framing & Ropery Hall which is a venue for film, theatre, comedy & music.  

Ropewalk Gallery Shop

Glassware

Pottery

Prints

Scrummy cakes at the cafe

Ropery Museum

If that isn't enough it has a varied workshop programme too.  You can find out more about the Ropewalk and what's going on here...

http://www.the-ropewalk.co.uk/

I visited recently, which is always a treat, and delivered some new Hippystitch stock.  Here's a little taster...

Fabric Necklaces

Flower Button Bracelets

Button Brooches

Flower Button Necklaces

If you like wildlife, Water's Edge Country Park & Visitor Centre is just next door.  Go on make a day of it!

Blossom Street Gallery & Framing, York

Artwork: Kate Semple

There's a new gallery on the block - just by Micklegate Bar in York.  And it's well worth a look! 
 

Wild flower art by Catherine King, ceramics by Marianne Von Tucka and Pete Colbridge

Spacious gallery - seascapes by Rosie Dean

Excellent choice of frames

Art supplies

Cards and stationery

Blackboard & grass steps! Art by Anna Harding

Not only can it meet your needs for cards, art, pottery and jewellery, you can get your pictures framed here too!  And if it's not a bespoke frame you're after there are also ready made frames and art supplies as well.  The friendly owner and framer, Kim Oldfield, has made this gallery into a light, welcoming space where you can browse quite happily.  And if you've got some little ones there's a blackboard wall for them to doodle on (and some grass stairs which I love!) to keep them occupied while you enjoy looking round!

Kim is promoting local and regional artists and is currently stocking work by:

Art
Ian Cameron
Rosie Dean
Anna Harding
Adele Karmazyn
Catherine King
Mick Lynch
Kate Semple
Kate Young

Ceramics
Pete Colbridge
Katherine Ann Mutch
Marianne Von Tucka

Jewellery
Hippystitch and more to come.

 

Mick Lynch

Ian Cameron

Fabric necklaces by Hippystitch, ceramics by Katherine Ann Mutch

 

Map based "People & Places" jewellery and notebooks by Hippystitch

Don't miss out - go and check it out!

Current opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm
Sunday 10am to 3pm
Closed Monday

www.blossomstreetgalleryandframing.com

Extreme Knitting on Extreme Needles

Extreme Knitting

I'm very excited because my super large knitting needles are now up and running (perhaps that should be up and knitting!).  They were made locally and are just great.

The first time I tried them out, they were too long (my fault - they were as I specified them!).  But now they are a little shorter they are fine.  At approx 1.9m long and 50mm wide they are quite an impressively sized pair of needles!  

Extreme Knitting

 
Unsurprisingly they work just the same way as any other knitting needles.(Although with a bit more of a workout!)









Currently the "yarn" I am using has been "made" from an old blanket and I'm doing some test knits to see how it all works out.  I have also tried knitting with about 6 balls of yarn together and that works fine too and produces a more open knit effect.

Extreme Yarn

Anyone who wants to try them out should come along to one of our Yarnbombing Workshops or down to Rowntree Park on Saturday 13 July to our Yarnbombing Event to have a go at extreme knitting.
http://hippystitch.blogspot.co.uk/p/events.html 

Extreme Knitting (detail)

To find out more about the Yarnbombing Event and past workshops take a stroll through my blogposts for May 2013 onwards.

Mixed Media Knitted Birds Workshop

Everyone hard at work at Grace & Jacob, York

Had a lovely day on Saturday taking the Mixed Media & Knitted Birds Workshop at Grace & Jacob in York.  It was just like having a crafty day with friends - so thank you to the fab ladies who came along to have a go!  Thought you might like to see the wonderful results ....

Heather's Wire Bird & Nest

Heather's Woolly Bird

Kate's Wire Bird & Nest

Kate's Woolly Bird

Suzanne's Birds in their Nest

Suzanne's Woolly Bird

And when all was finished ...