These days I am a stay at home mum to our 2 wonderful children, carer of my parents and wife of a fabulous husband that just about copes with my endless hoarding of yarn, fabric, beads, buttons, embroidery threads, sewing machines, over lockers, books & drawing stuff to name but a few!
Some time ago now I did my BDes(hons) in Constructed Textiles. It was 3 years of fun with knitting,weaving, tapestry & but also a lot of hard work. In my first year I won the Rowan Hand Knitter competition with my design for a mock cable chenille hand knit sweater.
I have a lifelong love of especially knitting & crochet, designing, making & baking! I love to design & create so many things I sometimes find it hard to concentrate on just one craft… but my love of them never fades. I’m really excited to now be publishing my own patterns and selling them on Ravelry, Artfire & Etsy.
I hope you enjoy my them and that you’ll stop by my Ravelry group from time to time for a chat 
& say hello!
Follow me as I strive to find the time to design, write & create amongst our hectic family life!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and your nice comments! Oh, to be able to work with my hands like you can. You probably get this all the time from us silly Americans, but I simlpy love Scotland. My husband and I spent 3 weeks in Scotland in 2006 and it was very hard to leave. I shall visit your blog often to be inspired by all the lovely handiwork. If I can figure out how to link your blog to mine, I’ll do so. I’m rather new to this as well!
Hi Fiona,
My name is Lauren and I am writing from a publishers called New Holland and I was wondering if you might be interested in doing any reviews for us as we publish a wide range of crochet, craft and knitting titles? Let me know if this is something you’d be keen to explore. You can get in touch with me via my address. We’ve got some fun titles coming out this month and we are keen to promote them as much as possible. Perhaps, if you are not so keen you might also know of some good channels to target?
Thanks and best wishes,
Lauren Gurteen
Marketing Executive
New Holland Publishers
PS On a personal note, I love the layout and feel of your blog – how did you get it looking so good? I’m just starting out on blogging myself on blogger.com and it would be great to get any tips!
Hi – I know two little monkeys who would love your monkey hat – let me know when I can buy a copy of the pattern – love the website
thanks
Wendy
Thanks Wendy
I’ll let you know when it’s available.. i’m doing my best to finish it before we go on holiday in May.