Time to cosy up...

Finally.

I've found my creative mojo again. I've felt out of touch and unorganised lately, so much so that I've felt I've had no attention span whatsoever and haven't had the concentration to start let alone finish anything. This weekend I came across a lovely pattern for some slippers from one of my favourite blogs, One Sheepish Girl.

It is a really great pattern that I accessed through Ravelry, a great online database of patterns for knitting and crochet and I'd recommend it to anyone! The pattern was so easy to follow and really quick to make, I started each slipper at about 4pm and was finished by bed time! Not only that, they are so comfy!! So here are a few quick snaps of my chunky knit slippers which I have barely taken off since I've finished them!

Searching for creativity.

I've really been feeling the stress in my life lately, usually I'm good at pushing stress to one side and just carrying on with life but recently it's all been adding up and just bubbling beneath the surface. As a result I've still not managed to get back into the swing of being creative. However, I'm seriously loving having a blog, this might not be being read by anyone at all other than a few lovely friends, but currently it is the only creative motivation for me! I'm still in love with being creative and feel constantly excited and inspired, but the stresses in life are preventing me from sitting down for longer than an hour or so to actually start something let alone finish anything! So today's post is just a small projection of things I'm working towards, a few snaps of small prototypes and inspiring ideas I'm working with. Anyone who is reading this, stay with me I promise these posts will get better soon!!

This is a prototype for a small purse I'm making a pattern for, I  was playing with shape and details.

Typing on fabric worked better than I'd thought it would, and has a very distressed/vintage type look.

These are some crocheted lace strips I made, measuring about 12 cm in length, they could be scaled up to make collars for clothing.

These lace strips were crocheted with eco wool, not only are the colours beautiful tones, but they are made from finely chopped up clothes fibres reformed into wool, wonderful for the planet and pretty!!