OMG.
“The social movement organisation We Are What We Do launched the new Tweet Towel – the perfect gift for grandmas that don’t tweet, bringing together old fashioned crafts and digital social networking.”...
View ArticlePope + craft = not much.
I do like to be topical over here on Make and Do With Perri, so I’m always interested in news worthy crafts. But Google offered very little with a ‘pope’ ‘craft’ search. Just these two little boys in...
View Article“We had young people sewing their lips together.”
When sewing isn’t for craft, it’s not good.
View ArticleWhen homemade stuff goes terribly wrong.
“Drunken mother who cheered on her son aged FIVE as he downed shots of home-made alcohol is jailed.” (via the Daily Mail)
View Article“Nasty knitwear: more chunky than punky.”
“Hannah Betts looks at the revival of nightmare knitwear and asks the all-important question: ‘why?’” A cracking piece over on Telegraph.co.uk.
View ArticleThe Independent, we salute you for bringing this to our attention.
‘Fair Isle boom leaves islanders out in the cold’ … how big name designers are ripping off traditional Fair Isle knitting patterns.
View ArticleI am shocked and appalled at both Linda Barker and the Indy for this.
‘‘We have to rekindle skills. People should make more cushions. They should upcycle old furniture. Knitting and sewing should be revived.’ Says she of Changing Rooms fame in the Independent last week....
View ArticleRegretsy gets on to Glamour.com
Who doesn’t want to look at this gallery, “More Completely Disturbing Soaps Found on Etsy”.
View ArticleMaterial World: meet the craftastrophe experts
They’re here to stop making a good awful mess of your crafting: read their top advice in Material World and there’s every chance you’ll be lucky and WON”T end up on one of their blogs. Who? Jen...
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