FINALLY! The Kumihimo kit is live….your leopard print bracelet of dreams is one step closer. I feel like I’ve been teasing you with this kit for so long and it’s finally here, well - most of it. We’ll start shipping on the 9th December, so in plenty of time for Christmas! This kit is basically a meditation in a box, once you’ve threaded up your loom you’ll be hooked, as you see a beautiful patterned braid start to appear. I’ve linked to a Youtube video to help you get the hang of the technique. Also big thanks to all of you lovely people who pledged towards our Crowdfunder, this is one of the kits that you enabled us to press go on, and the beautiful packaging was a big part of that. So thank you!!! 💛

New for Christmas, something to keep you calm and centred on the run up go Christmas 🎄

Did I mention I’m going to see Taylor Swift on Tuesday?! Well now my ticket is secured my mind has turned to friendship bracelets! I’ve just found a new way of adding beads to the more traditional style of friendship bracelet and it’s so cute! This braid, the zipper braid is so easy. You just need 3 strands of embroidery thread. The middle thread won’t be seen so it can be any colour and needs to be about 40cm, the two threads either side should be about 80cm. Start by tying a not at the top of your threads then secure your braid with a pin or clip (I’m using the packet of our friendship bracelet kit because it’s got a handy measurer on the side to tell you how long to make your bracelet!) All you need to know is how to do a forward knot and it’s reverse, a backward knot. And then the with the left hand thread you knot a Forward backward knot, and with the right hand side you knot a backward forward knot. Each knot is made up of two knots if that makes sense? I think they are technically called ‘hitches’ so two hitches make up a knot, a forward and a backward hitch, but in a different order on each side. Just slide the beads on when you’re ready and then carry on knotting in exactly the same way, it’s that simple! I used soft cotton because it’s a bit thicker than normal embroidery thread and that’s what we put in our friendship bracelet kit. We also sell the alphabet beads! If you’d like this pattern and 5 other simple designs you can get them all in our friendship bracelet kit! Who’s been making friendship bracelets for Taylor?!

Day 11 of Embroidery Tips Did you know you can cross stitch onto just about anything, with this really clever water soluble cross stitch fabric. You lay it on your fabric and then cross stitch as normal onto it, it then dissolves when you run warm water over it leaving just your beautiful cross stitch design! I did this Uniqlo bag last year and I’l repost the reels so you can see the whole process but it’s super easy, and it’s available in our shop!

My new obsession is French knitting. I don’t know why this is so satisfying? You produce this long knitted tube and there are various things you can do with it (we’ve got a blog coming that pulls together some ideas!) but actually it’s just really satisfying seeing this long knitted tube just get longer?! Am I weird?! We sell French knitting bobbins and crochet hooks cause you’re definitely going to need one of these to help you hook over your stitches! There’s a little blog on our website now linking to a beginner tutorial and our tip tips! 🧶🧶🧶