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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Wall hoop decoration

Hey guys,

Hoop decorations have been popping up everywhere and of course I had to give it a go myself. It was fun to make and really looks so good-these decorations would be great for any occasion.



So first thing to do is spray the hoop and the wood insert piece-I got mine from the wonderful Craft Shapes Ireland. The spray paint I used was Montana Gold in copperchrome which I also got from Craft Shapes Ireland and it was perfect for the plastic hoop and the wood piece.


Next I added the flowers, I bought two beautiful bunches from Aliexpress HERE (#AF) The stems were wired so I was able to loosely sort out how I wanted the flowers and then I secured them using string.


I used fishing wire to attach the insert to give it a floating look and thats it! Super easy and looks great-the perfect prop for photo backgrounds!

Thanks for visiting,
Aideen xo



Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Weaving a rainbow...

Hey guys, so I may or may not (read: I definitely do) have lots of bits and pieces of roving in lots of fun colours! I wanted to use up some of the smaller pieces by making some mini roving weavings.


I made one bright rainbow and one muted tones.

I soumak-plaited wove the pieces of roving on top of each other and packed them tightly together before taking it off my loom and it felt nice and solid.

Rather than adding rya fringing I framed it by sewing a dowel to each end.

This muted rainbow I kept for the moment... and the brights I sent onto @vintageirishkat and when I get a pic of that I will add it here.

Thanks for visiting,

Aideen xo


Friday, April 12, 2019

Lotties seed stitch jumper *free knit pattern

Hey guys,

I was so happy from the response for Lotties hat pattern HERE that I made a jumper pattern too! People have been tagging me on Instagram (@aideenfallon) with their knitted makes for Lottie so I created a high-light reel on my profile called 'My patterns' if you want to check it out!

I think you'll agree the hat and jumper make such a sweet set!

So let's get into the pattern its super simple and in one of my favourite stitches the seed stitch,


Using DK yarn and 4mm needles

Cast on 13 stitches-I use the long tail cast on method.

Knit 1, Purl 1* repeat for the next 11 rows

Cast on 6 at the beginning of the next two rows 

Knit 1, Purl 1* repeat for the next 6 rows

Knit 1, Purl 1 repeat for the first 9 stitches, cast off 7, Knit 1, Purl 1 repeat for the last 9 stitches 

Knit 1, Purl 1 repeat for the first 9 stitches, cast on 7, Knit 1, Purl 1 repeat for the last 9 stitches 

Knit 1, Purl 1* repeat for the next 6 rows

Cast off 6 at the beginning of the next two rows 

Knit 1, Purl 1* repeat for the next 11 rows

Cast off and seam




 Thanks for visiting and if you make any of the Lottie knits tag me on Instagram!

Aideen xo