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Gardens & Crochet
So as a continuation of my previous post, it was such a lovely weekend, I wanted to show more of it. With the sun really out, proper, there was nowhere better to be than in the garden in Iffley,...
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Markfield Park
Last week I ran a workshop of Colourful Collage for TreeHouse’s Parent Participation Project. On a beaming hot day, we set up camp in the middle of Markfield Park, surrounded by flower beds with a...
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Beyond Kimono
One of my main obsessions and inspirations is japanese textiles. I’m very excited for tomorrow I’m going to see a Kabuki play with my mum, I’ve not been since I was about 5 or 6 when she took me then....
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Over 60's Club
Today I was invited to be the guest speaker at the Over 60’s Club at the Salvation Army. It was a bit nerve wrecking to walk into to a room full of wiser elders, and to be confronted with a microphone...
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Antiques of a Crystal Palace
A friend of mine has moved South of the River, not that this is a huge distance for me, as this is where I grew up! But I have not really been to this part of London since I was 9 years old. I caught...
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Mirabilia Domestica
Looking forward to the summer ahead, I will be assisting textile artist and researcher Solveigh Goett on the final stint of her PhD, to install her exhibition of Mirabilia Domestica. I’m excited to be...
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Keep & Share
These foxy slippers on my mantlepiece were a lovely leaving present from an old job, a few years back. I’m keeping these!This is a square I knitted at Latitude festival... I’m going to share this with...
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A Sewing Machine & A Typewriter
I’ve orchestrated a fight between a sewing machine and a typewriter...My response to working within the space of Solveigh’s installation of Mirabilia Domestica, using the instruments in the workstation.
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We Are Your Friends.
“Everybody, everybody in the (Art) House of Love”. I’ve got this song stuck in my head by East 17. Its probably because I’ve recently been asked to take part in a group exhibition “We Are Your Friends”...
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Knitted Felted Sheep
On the last couple of days now of working on the Mirabilia Domestica exhibition. It will be sad to take it down, its provided an inspiring space to work within, to create new textile ideas and Solveigh...
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How To Crochet A Granny Square
Not posted anything on here for a while. It’s been a busy month, with lots of change and new beginnings. However, I should mention that next week I will be running a workshop at The Knitting and...
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ELLE magazine
In the latest issue (November 2010) of ELLE magazine, you will find one of my cat prints illustrating a feature about Print Club. This has been a lovely surprise, as I had no idea my work would be...
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Waverley School
It has been a while since I’ve posted anything on here. I will gradually catch up with what I have been doing, but for now I just want to say a huge Thank You to Art Teacher - Mrs. Joubert and her...
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London Fashion Week A/W 2011
Don’t hang up your hooks just yet - crochet is back in fashion! As seen in the Autumn/Winter 2011 collections of Christopher Kane and House of Holland at London Fashion Week. I might make one of these...
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Painting Lyme
Before heading back to London, walking along the seafront I came across these stunning paintings being worked on from one of the beach huts. Artist, Philip Clayton has been painting from the same spot...
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Stitch & Craft 2011
Last weekend I was at the Stitch and Craft 2011 at Olympia, another show organised by Twisted Thread. After the success of my crochet workshop at Ally Pally, they invited me do some more at this show....
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Folksy Shop Page
http://www.folksy.com/shops/saramakesthingsI received a lovely email the other day “Dear Sara, I am crazy about some of the cat prints you have and would really like to buy some prints to frame...”...
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Dog Tooth for Dog Ear
I wanted to submit a piece to DOG EAR, but thought it would be more appropriate for their site and format to just give a written knitting pattern rather than a finished piece. Taking on the theme of...
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Knit With Attitude
Over this Summer’s month of August, you can find me 3 days a week at Knit With Attitude. I’ll be there to help you with your knitting needs, in between stroking the gorgeous stock of eco yarns! 228B...
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50's Vintage Knit & Chat
On the 13th & 15th August, I lead workshops at Hornsey Library and Bruce Castle Museum with the theme of Vintage Knitting. Inspiration was taken from the 1950’s to celebrate the 60th anniversary of...
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Tacos, Tortillas & Textiles
It has come to my attention recently, that I have been going out a lot to eat mexican and latin american. Not only is it refreshing to delevop a new taste for food, but some of the bars and...
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After School Knitters
As term draws to a close for another summer, I thought I would show off some of the work achieved by the talented kids who have been coming along to my after school knitting group, Thursday’s 3.30pm -...
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Wool Modern
On Friday I went to the Wool Modern exhibition at La Galleria, in Pall Mall. I was planning on getting to see this anyway, but I ended up going as part of a group with my machine knitting course, which...
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Knitting & Stitching Show
So as mentioned before, I was back at Ally Pally again this year, but this time to teach crochet workshops in the Learning Curve. How to make a granny square...Here’s how some of the participants got...
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New Banner
If you have looked at my website before, you may notice it looks a bit different now. I decided it was time to update and give it a face lift. I have been playing around with using a drawing tablet...
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Jonanna Vasconcelos
I Will Survive. Jonanna Vasconcelos. Haunch of Venison.“The use of crochet alludes to an activity usually associated with women and traditional crafts but in these ingenious manipulations it is such...
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The Edges Of The World
The Edges Of The World. Ernesto Neto. Hayward Gallery.Describing his immersive, experiential sculptures as ‘body/space/landscapes, Neto explains that they begin in one form and then take on many...
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Knitting & Stitching Show 2011
I was back at the Knitting & Stitching Show at Ally Pally again this year, helping Liz Cooper to install some of the art exhibits in the show. Our main task was to install the major Beryl Dean...
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Chunghie Lee
Whilst still installing at the Knitting & Stitching Show, the exhibit that really caught my inspiration was The Patched Pojagi by Korean Fibre Artist, Chunghie Lee. Chunghie uses Korean wrapping...
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Back To The Knitting Machine
Last year I started my journey into machine knitting, I didn’t get too far. I kept getting frustrated and stressed with casting on and off and panicking whenever I dropped stitches. It’s so very...
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Snowy Pom Pom Tree
I have been asked to design and make, in collaboration with my community groups, decorations to hang on the big tree, to go on display in Tottenham this week! I have been working against the clock to...
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Vintage Fair 26th Nov
I have been invited to have a stall at Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham this Saturday 26th November. I will selling some things I have made, like crochet rosettes, felt and lace brooches, screen printed...
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The Tea Rooms
Over the last few months, I have taken on leading new knitting & crochet classes at The Tea Rooms, in Stoke Newington’s Church Street. When I used to live very near by, I would go for their...
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Morley College Winter Fair
Since September I have been attending Morley College, learning how to use a domestic knitting machine. This coming weekend, on Sunday 4th December, I will be showcasing and selling some of the items I...
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Ghosts Of Gone Birds
Most of the time Facebook is a time waster, but sometimes it shows its worth, I discovered this exhibition posted up through two different unrelated friends that I hadn’t seen in ages, Ed Kluz and...
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New Crochet Classes
I will be teaching beginner’s crochet classes at Julies Handmade World, in Crystal Palace. Working from initial stitches, onto following a basic pattern of a traditional granny square, or to make your...
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Hat of 2011
So this hat nearly took me a whole year to complete although it only took a week to knit! I started it in January 2011, but it was too small for even my pea sized head, it has since taken me the rest...
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Fashion In Motion
Yesterday, I was at the V&A with my fellow machine knitters, looking at the iron works for some inspiration for a new up coming project. This must be one of the few times I’ve gone there not to...
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Tea & Hearts
I will be teaching crochet (and knitting) at The Tea Rooms, in Stoke Newington on the 14th February, St Valentines day! So I thought for something a bit special we could make some crochet hearts, you...
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Made At Morley
I have been practicing Experimental Machine Knitting at Morley College for a while, and now it’s our turn (with the other textile courses’ students) to show off our work in the Morley Gallery. I’m...
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Black Metal
A few weeks back I visited to the V&A to look at their display of wrought iron structures for inspiration. I was most drawn to the strong geometric shapes of triangles within circles repeated in...
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A Family Affair
I am taking part in a Print Exhibition All in the name of Macmillian at design agency Fallon. The theme was families and bicycles, as three lovely gentlemen will be cycling from one end of the country...
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Forest Fest 2012
Saturday 7th July is Forest Fest at Forest Hill School. I will be digging out my crochet hooks to run drop-in workshops to make some olympic themed bling, I expect to see some winning medals! Over the...
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OOOOOh Art
“An exhibition of contemporary art to capture the energy, excitement and sentiment of the Olympic Games coming to London. 11 artists have created a unique art collection for the London Borough of...
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Beauty is the First Test.
Beauty is the First Test, is currently showing at the Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park. This group exhibition curated by Liz Cooper, explores how mathematical concepts underpin craft techniques and...
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Why is this not in the news more!The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) threatens the very future of creative subjects - like Music, Art, Design & Technology, Drama and Dance. By missing them off its...
View ArticleDeaf Day Animation
A few months back, I helped out Matt Boyce with his animation workshop for children at City Lit’s Deaf Day. It was a lot of fun, I hadn’t played with plasticine in years! Here’s a showreel of what the...
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