weekend deal...free shipping

its weekend, it must be free shipping in my etsy shop - the whole weekend....every.single.item. from today (27 november) all the way through to end 30 november (monday).

i rediscovered my vase cosies having just done a custom order recently (will post pictures shortly) and i must say the new cosies came out really well. taller vases and tighter covers seem to do the trick.

i've got some christmas knitting on the go at the moment as well, so i'll be posting those up early next week.

right, now that i've shown a complete montage of my shop, best i get some knitting done.

have a happy weekend and maybe see you at handmade oxford.

handm@de oxford this weekend

i just wanted to quickly advertise a fair i'm doing this weekend at the oxford town hall from 11am to 5pm.

this year there are 58 stalls taking part including the divine fabric nation - loving the kitty bag :-)

there should be loads of lovely christmas ideas. for more information about who's selling and details on how to get there, have a look at the handm@de blog here

hope to see you there :-)

strikk feature

what a lovely surprise in my inbox last night - a feature in the storque on etsy for a set of my colourblock cushions.

unfortunately i must be the only person in the world who has no idea about twilight (i do confess to a bit of true blood instead) so i don't really know about "bella's bedroom" - but i'm glad strikk managed to be part of her bedroom nonetheless.

read the whole feature here

new on strikk

i did a custom order recently and quite liked the end result. another take on the ruched cushions, but this time in suede.

of course, a cushion needs a chair, so i thought a little e-bay window-shopping might be appropriate.you can find details of this retro mid-century armchair here

loving the rocking chair from here and possibly a vintage wingback chair from here - although i'm not convinced how comfortable it would be.

the suede ruched cushions in both my etsy and notonthehighstreet shops.

window shopping

spending a whole week in bed with flu can leave you feeling a little cooped up and longing for an ordinary life - so, thank goodness for online shopping (well, not exactly shopping - should probably call it online drooling....) and no better place to drool than anthropologie - i haven't had a chance to get down to the london shop, but hopefully soon.

i thought i would get a head start though and found these fair isle sweater clocks

and then over in this corner, very cute ski cap candles

and then finish off with a sweater sleeve candle.

there, that's my shopping done for the week.

sale for the sick

there were so many plans this week to be done, and then i go and get 'flu. been banished to the house for a week and still feel awful - soooo, to help feel not so awful, i've decided to reduce my hotwater bottles for this week only.

all reduced by 20% on etsy and notmassproduced.

right....back to bed.

foto friday - a little crush

i think i may have developed a little crush.....

please have a look at garance dore's blog entry where the heart is. tell me you're not smitten after reading that.

then i thought i would have a trawl around Cedric Bihr's photography portfolio and i have to say i swooned again (shameless i know), but there is something quietly beautiful about his photographs, you can feel the calm and the understated beauty, the vibrancy of the landscapes.

i haven't been giving my camera much attention lately, but i think i'm once again inspired (or maybe i'm just plain smitten!)

happy weekend all.

new on strikk

well kind of. this cushion was actually a custom order i did recently and i'm quite liking the silver. again, i used the elle pure gold in aran - i keep going back to the elle range and now i believe they're no longer stocking in the uk which is going to make life a little difficult!

so this got me thinking, what kind of chair or sofa would it look good on and i came up with these.

you can see more amazingly recycled and re-covered (is there such a word?) sofas, chairs and other things at metrosofa.com.

in the meantime, i've decided to make my silver cable cushion available on my etsy and notonthehighstreet shops.

strikk's first magazine feature

i'm doing a bit of shameless self-promotion here, but this is my very first magazine feature and i'm well pleased.

this month's woman&home magazine features one of my cable cushions that i have on my notmassproduced.com site.

we're in the "giving back" part encouraging local artisans (never thought of myself as an artisan, but there you go).

right, i need to go and get some extra copies to send home to mom!

happy weekend all...

knit inspirations

apologies to all those that are not cat fans on this one, but i have a cat - some people have called him a rubbish cat, but to me, he's absolutely beautiful - he came all the way with me from cape town to london (and spent 6 months in quarantine for his efforts - i'm sorry).

so, trawling around looking for some inspiration, i came across this every so cool handknit kitty basket from interweave knits weekend

i'm thinking a wonderful lime colour should work quite nicely and in fact i think i'm actually going to give it a go, i'm just not convinced kitty is going to use it considering he has the whole bed to sprawl out on, but you never know with these cats....

fyi - this is not my kitty...although it is a gorgeous kitty nonetheless.

weekend tasks

well, not really a task as such, but a weekend happening - its the affordable vintage fair in london on sunday, so if you're around, pop down, i think it will be pretty cool.

instead of selling, i'll be helping out with the lady luck rukes ok pop up tea shoppe (i'll be the one washing the teacups if you must know...)

the last time i helped out at bust, all the fabulous cupcakes were pretty much sold out before 4pm, so suggest you get down there early to enjoy a cake and a cuppa!

you can see some of the photos from the last tea shoppe here.

and just in case you didn't know - anthropologie store opens in london this weekend (have a look at the press launch pics via wee birdy here)- yay! yay yay! i want to go shopping....

inspirations

usually i do knit inspirations, but today, i'm going to stretch that a bit and include some crochet, and again i may be a little late in discovering aurelie mathigot.

her website refers to her work being inspired by the necessity of talking about everyday life in another - new -way. fixing reality into another dimension to preserve it from leaving us.

anyone for crochet wedding cake?

i think i may need to learn to crochet again (!)

new on strikk

my blog may have been a little quiet of late - what with moving and settling into a new home and new life - but i have managed to keep knitting, probably more due to the once a week knitting meet-up with the girls from the knitting group.

so, i did make these cushions which i think are quite fun.

again, for a change, using chunky wool and large needles (must remember to choose projects that use bigger needles rather than small needles...!).

they're in my etsy and notonthehighstreet shops and will also be available at we make fair on 5 december.

i'm well chuffed...

i was well chuffed last night when i opened my inbox and saw this email from notonthehighstreet.com - my cable cushions were included in the winter round-up.

there really is a great selection of homeware in time for winter - all nice and cosy.

knit accessories

i have a lot of wool - lots of wool. i know this because when i moved recently, much of the stuff i took was wool! my new flat is a bit smaller than the old house which means i have to be more organised and neater. i thought i would do a trawl around etsy to see what i could find to help me in my neatness quest.

the box tote is from RoseKnits and we found a pretty cool knitting needle case from sarahkincheloe

we're loving the knitting tote from thefunkybaglady and the knitting basket from designsmayamade

how cool is this apron from strandit

and i know this isn't exactly something to keep knitting neat and tidy, but i love love these teatowels from girlscantell

and you know, i just realised, i don't have any teatowels......i need to go shopping!