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Neopixel Shelf
18 July 2020
Read moreIn these days of video calling in place of any other social contact, I've seen a lot of excellent video backgrounds. Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I went the traditional route, and set up my computer close to a wall (so you can't see the mess in the room) and added a nice pinboard behind me. I looked a bit flat against the wall though, so I did what anyone else would do ... and built a handmade wooden shelf with neopixels in it!
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Eye Contact Owl
26 May 2020
Read moreI don't post as much handicraft on this blog as I used to (it's mostly on my instagram account with fewer words now), but I wanted to share my new handmade owl. He solves a genuine problem: how to make eye contact with your webcam.
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Sewing Machine Cover
25 January 2017
Read moreI don't blog about craft projects all that often, if you have this post in your feed and didn't want it, then try my "tech" feed specifically rather than all of the blog posts (recommended as I will be blogging a few non-tech things in the coming months). Anyway, I love to make things, code or otherwise, and since I'm not travelling a lot at the moment, I have time to make things AND to write about them. Today: my new sewing machine cover!
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Making a Play Kitchen
24 December 2014
Read moreThis Christmas, a little girl in my life receives a play kitchen of her very own, handbuilt just for her. It was a fun project and I thought I'd share it (and the pictures, of course!).
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Fabric Bags
28 January 2013
Read moreThis weekend I decided it would be good to spend some time away from the computer, but the weather wasn't really good enough to get out and do much, so I needed a "rainy day" project. I remembered that I'd signed up for a free introductory Craftsy class a few weeks ago, so I logged in to take a look at what was involved.
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Christmas Kitchen
25 December 2012
Read moreIt's Christmas and we're at home this year, which means I've been spending a lot of time in the kitchen! This post combines Christmas planning thoughts, a craft project, and some recipes we enjoyed this year - and delivers a surprise to anyone subscribed to the main blog feed expecting only technical content.
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New Netbook Feet
03 May 2011
Read moreI have a small netbook that I use for events, which I've had for a few years and keep upgrading with various bits and pieces. This year, all the little rubber feet had dropped off so if you put it on a surface, it kind of slid around, which was …
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Blanket for Reuben
24 January 2011
Read moreSome very good friends of ours recently had their first child, a son named Reuben, and this is the blanket I made for him:
It's a very traditional granny square crochet blanket, I love these because I can take a ball of wool and a hook with me to anywhere …
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Two-Strand Crochet Ripple
06 October 2010
Read moreIf you're reading my main blog feed, this post may take you by surprise - however at one time I enjoyed crafting and blogged about it often. Recently I've been finding more time for this, helped by the inspiring news of pregnant friends, so hopefully this is the first in a resurgence of craft-related articles. There are category-specific feeds if you'd rather only read the tech and/or php content.
So, I crocheted a blanket for my friend's baby (welcome, Benjamin!)
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Big Bed Cushions
13 March 2010
Read moreThis week I finally got around to making the big cushions for our bed. We do have some but they were cheap and are now old - and I reallocated Kevin's onto my office chair about a year ago. Since we do often read or use the laptops in bed, cushions …
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Charlie Bag from Burdastyle
21 January 2010
Read moreAbout a year ago I discovered the BurdaStyle site - where they have open source patterns. And then over the summer I saw an event organised in NYC where they were making these Charlie Bags - foldable fabric bags for putting shopping in. The pattern is free, and came as a PDF …
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Cobweb Wrap
01 December 2009
Read moreAfter around 15 months of ongoing work, I've finally finished my cobweb wrap which I initially started (original blog post here, complete with links to yarn sources) to make a good travel project. Well it was certainly that - small and lightweight, I took it on three transatlantic trips all told …
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