Cross Stitch

Back at the wee age of 8, I learnt the wonderful craft of cross stitch from my second grade teacher as we made little wall hangings for mothers day. On and off for the last 2 decades i have continued to dabble into the craft, but have lately really wanted to get back into it. On Friday at my fortnightly meetup with wonderful knitty and crochet friends, i went back for coffee with one of them, and after mentioning that i want to get back into cross stitch at our small detour via Spotlight, she said she had some Aida cloth and a small hoop i could have. 

Partly done sign,
which will be framed and stood on a table when complete

After having a coffee, back at her house, she dug out a big box of needle point supplies and went digging. She gave me a wonderfully large piece of 11 count fabric, and another of 18 count, and a few other goodies, before my wonderful partner collected me between errands.
So Saturday morning, i dug out my embroidery thread, got designing, and made up a basic look for a sign that i will use when attending markets.

Crafty Corner Designs

The name Crafty Corner Designs, where did it come from you may wonder, well the answer is fairly simple. When I first began my foray into knitting and crochet, 9 years ago, I was living with my parents and had only a corner in my bedroom for my craft area, thus the Crafty Corner was born, as I became more confident with my crafting skills and began designing little patterns of my own, I added the ‘Designs” part of the name, and it has stuck ever since.

Though no longer confined to just a corner, I have my own cosy little room with plenty of space and storage for my crafting supplies and enough room to expand to a new hobby of sewing in the not to distant future.

Most of my crochet and knitting that I do involves; small lap blankets and baby blankets, baby clothes, beanies, gloves, soft toys, and home decor items. I hope to start marketing these items soon at a local, monthly market located just a few hundred meters from the house I share with my wonderful and ever suffering partner and our little house panther (black cat) Vegemite.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, in whatever little corner of the world you may reside and I thank you for starting this new blogging journey with me.

Welcome!

Welcome to my little slice of blogger paradise!

I am an avid fibre artist, with skills in knitting, crochet, and a little bit of sewing and needlepoint. My aim in this blog is to post my ramblings from my over active creative brain and keep people updated on what I am up to when nestled up in my cosy little craft room.

Ocassionaly I may also post about my medical condition, fibromyalgia, as it can sometimes prevent me from doing the hobbies I so love to do, but for now only craftiness shall infest the post of this blog.