my desk.

matryoshka

I've just finished a present for my friend Aimee which I intended to give her for Christmas. It took alot longer to complete than I expected, but I'm really pleased with the end result.




I made this using a pattern created by the very talented Clare Nicolson, a textile designer and crafter from Glasgow.

want

I spotted this antique sewing table on Etsy this morning.

Oh, want!

if you want to destroy my sweater

I came across this short video on YouTube this morning by Sara Cox. It's called 'Don't let it all unravel' and the entire thing was created using knitting, or the unravelling of said knitting. I thought the shots where the ball of wool is supposed to be the moon were really strange looking, the movements reminded me a little bit of David Lynch.

freecycle

A few months ago, I joined a yahoo group called Greenock Freecycle where you can 'recycle' unwanted items instead of throwing them away and no money is exchanged.
I usually receive around 20 emails a day of people selling garden gnomes or electrical cables, but last week I came across an advert for an electrical typrewriter. I emailed back straight away and an hour later I was at a lovely woman called Christine's house collecting my new toy.





I was surprised to find that it was in perfect working order and that there was still some ink left.
I decided to use it to write a long-overdue letter to Katie Haegele who sent me some of her found poems a while back. When I was taking the second photo the flash was far too bright. I put my finger over the flash to dull it down a bit and I quite like the way this looks.

stylophone

I was in Glasgow last week and had some time to waste before I went to meet someone. I took a wander to Relics and got lost in there for over an hour. I found this amazing wee stylophone for £4 and was dying to get home to have a go. When I opened the box there was a piece of paper inside with a youtube link written on it.
This is what I found:



The strange this is, this guy lives in Leeds...

va-va-vintage! indie market

I think this is my favourite craft mafia poster so far.