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April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Rebecca

Stitchmaynia 2019

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Stitchmaynia is starting tomorrow! Will you be participating? This is my first year doing it and if like me, you hadn’t heard of this before,

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    January 29, 2019
April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Rebecca

Tatted Crown

Tatting

Today I finished the tatted crown I started working on over Easter. I love it! When I discovered tatting I didn’t think the doilies and

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April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Rebecca

Easter Crafting and a free VW Campervan cross stitch pattern

Cross stitch, Patterns, Tatting

I visited family over Easter, and as usual brought a few craft projects to work on. I mostly neglected my double knit scarf in favour

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April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 Rebecca

Black Hole Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch, Patterns

Like so many people, I was excited to see the first picture of a black hole last week. Dr Katie Bouman’s work inspired me to

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April 15, 2019April 24, 2019 Rebecca

Double knitting technique

How to, Knitting

One of my longer term projects is a double knit steampunk science scarf that I’m making for myself. Double knitting is great for scarves because

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    September 25, 2019
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    September 10, 2019
April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Rebecca

Tatted Flower Bookmark

Tatting

I’m trying to do more tatting projects at the moment to practise my skills. Little motifs like this tatted flower are great for this as

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April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Rebecca

How to convert between US and UK crochet patterns

Crochet, How to

This week I helped my stepmum troubleshoot a crochet pattern that she has been having some trouble with. When she showed me the pattern I

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April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Rebecca

International Tatting Day

Tatting

Today is international tatting day. To celebrate I made a little bookmark from this pattern by Sharon Albers. I like sharing tatting projects because it’s

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I'm Beka and I love crafting. Currently I cross stitch, embroider, knit, crochet and tat, but I'm always looking for new crafts to try! Here I share my projects and patterns. I hope you enjoy my creations and that I can inspire you to try something new!

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