Gabby's Creations

Gabby was in recently, and was showing us some of her latest makes. Aren't they fabulous!

As well as making fabulous crocheted items, Gabby also does alterations to clothing. Her facebook page is: Gabby's Alterations IOM.

Crafting for Ukraine

Have a look at these wonderful needle and scissors cases. They have been hand crafted by Stuart Brawn, a local leatherworker.

 

We are selling these cases for Stuart, and all the monies raised will go to Hands of Hope IOM. This is a charity that works in Romania, near the border to Ukraine. They have enlarged the work they do to include helping Ukrainian refugees.

The needle case is £7.50, and the scissors case is £10.00 (scissors included).

We also have available Poppies for Ukraine. These are £2.00, and all money raised from their sale goes to the Red Cross' Ukrainian Crisis Appeal. We've had multiple batches of the lovely crocheted broches made by Jan.

Crocodile Cardi

We love seeing all of the crafty things our customers have been making.

Mrs Heap has recently come across crocodile stitch, and wanted to use it to create something for her granddaughter. She had used a mix of crochet and knitting to make this lovely sleeveless cardigan and hat set.

Yarn: King Cole Comfort Aran, in Candy Pink

Pattern: Mrs Heap's own design

New Books

We get very excited when new books arrive. Here's a selection of some of the most recent ones.

The Great British Sewing Bees' "The Modern Wardrobe" is a hefty tome, with step-by-step instructions, illustrations, tips and techniques. There's full sized pattern sheets (sizes 8-22) and 28 projects.

"Sew Cute Baby Animals" is gorgeous, 17 paper-pieces blocks to make into quilts, bags, burp cloths etc.

Kerry Lord's "How to crochet animals - Ocean" is just lovely, full of sea life and tentacled creatures.

"Year-Round Gnomes" - 8 mythological creatures to add a touch of whimsy to your home. (My favourite it the Easter Bunny gnome.)

Last, but definitely not least, is "280 Japanese Lace Stitches". This is a must for chart-loving, lace-loving knitters!

The KC Collection: Mulberry Soft

King Cole are bringing out wonderfully fantastic luxury yarns, the KC Collection.

 

Mulberry Soft DK is the perfect indulgent mix of the highest quality mulberry silk and baby alpaca. This creates a sumptuously soft superfine yarn from Peru. This perfect combination gives a beautiful lustre and softness to this new King Cole yarn.

Oddments Needed

Do you have any little oddments of yarn? An army of Twiddlemuff-ers is looking for all those little bits and pieces. From fancy yarns, to the more prosaic, almost all can be worked into Twiddlemuffs.

If you have oddments you don't need, please bring it to the shop, and we can pass it on to crafters helping those with Alzheimer's. The finished Twiddlemuffs will be given to Alzheimer's Society Isle of Man.

Gorgeous Beach Bag

I love the giant shell pattern on this bag! It's great on the bag, but would also look wonderful as the body of a sweater.

The free pattern is available at Craft Passion.

Autumn has arrived!

Autumn has arrived at Joan's.

King Cole has released a new yarn, Autumn Chunky. It is a beautiful multi-tonal roving yarn with 80% Premium Acrylic and 20% Wool. It has a gorgeous soft handle and would suit warm garments, accessories and homeware.

Meters Per Ball: 140 m

Needle Size/Tension: 6.0mm | 14sts

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

How's this for a second project?!

The customer's first project was an amigurumi Minnie Mouse, and this corner to corner blanket was her second one!

We are rather blown away.

Dolls, Dolls, Dolls!

We've been asked recently for patterns for dolls. We have listened, and have found three great books, My Felt Doll, My Crochet Doll, and My Knitted Doll. They all have a different style, but the dolls are seriously cute.

Face Mask Strap

We've recommended the YouTuber, Bella Coco to many people. She has the most wonderful crochet tutorials.

This one is how to made a face mask adapter. A little bit of crochet and a couple of buttons can help prevent sore ears.