BlogHide Resteemsflowertron (73)in manchester • 12 hours agoA Visit to Manchester #1 - 21 January 2025Timeless train journey. I really enjoyed my recent short visit to Manchester. It was only a brief visit to meet and catch up with a couple of friends. Despite that we managed to fit in a…flowertron (73)in sewing • 3 days agoMaking a Gingham Bag #3 - 18 January 2025Unpicking and having to change the broken needle were the main issues with this project. I followed all the steps set out in the instructions of the pattern. I needed to add extra steps because…flowertron (73)in sewing • 5 days agoShortening Jeans - 17 January 2025This pair of jeans just needed to be around 1.5 cm shorter at the hem. My friend tried them on wearing her normal trainers to test the correct length. She’d already washed them once and as you…flowertron (73)in sewing • 7 days agoMaking a Gingham Bag #2 - 14 January 2025Above is a close-up of the classic black and white gingham fabric that my friend bought for the bag. The actual gingham is very small in real life. The fabric has nearly no stretch vertically…flowertron (73)in sewing • 8 days agoMaking a Gingham Bag #1 - 13 January 2025Close-up of the pattern adjustment. Las summer my friend and I wanted a bag a bit like this one by Baggu bags. At the time we decided to make one ourselves but we never got enough time to…flowertron (73)in knitting • 9 days agoGnoodles the Gnome # 4 - 12 January 2025I've finally finished Gnoodles the Gnome. The rest of the making process went fine and I learnt three main techniques : The Base The base turned out very neat. You might be able to…flowertron (73)in knitting • 10 days agoGnoodles the Gnome #3 - 11 January 2025That's the current state of my pink rendition of Gnoodles the gnome, and as you can see I'm about to finish the body. When I turned the design upside down it gave me ice-cream and wafer…flowertron (73)in knitting • 11 days agoGnoodles the Gnome #2 - 10 January 2025When I made my Gnome I finished the project by making the hat. I described the process here and here . Now in order to make Gnoodles the Gnome I started with the hat and to continue the…flowertron (73)in knitting • 12 days agoGnoodles the Gnome #1 - 9 January 2025That’s my work in progress side by side to the gnome I'm aiming to replicate and that goes by the name of Gnoodles. This gnome’s backstory is a bit confusing to me. I’ll just quote one line…flowertron (73)in sewing • 13 days agoShortening Trousers - 8 January 2025Below I will show you how I shortened a pair of work trousers by hand. I've found this to be the easiest method and it also preserves the original hem. I had to shorten each leg by 5cm…flowertron (73)in crafts • 14 days agoAI Crafter #1 - Gnome Pattern Fail - 7 January 2025My cooking experiment following a Gemini AI recipe the other day wasn’t too bad. I did spot a mistake in the instructions but managed to sort it. This time I wanted to check how good a Gnome…flowertron (73)in crafts • 15 days agoThe Gnomes of Grimblewood - 6 January 2025I was incredibly happy when I received the awaited Gnome knitting book in the post. I have written about the gnome I knitted recently here and here so when the book arrived I wasted no…flowertron (73)in cooking • 16 days agoAI Chef # 1 - Bread and Butter Pudding - 5 January 2025I had some surplus bread at home I needed to use up before it went too stale. I decided to test Google's Gemini AI to see what it came up with if my prompt was : “Easy Bread and Butter…flowertron (73)in nature • 17 days agoOrange Jelly Spot - 4 January 2025Above is a bright coloured fungus I found on a broken branch during my walk the other day. The branch had become detached from the tree and in order to take the photo above I laid it on top of…flowertron (73)in crafts • 18 days agoDouble Dolphin - 3 January 2025I was pleasantly surprised to find that I'm now a Double Dolphin 🐬🐬 I thought of ways of celebrating this achievement : I could knit a dolphin or I could crochet a dolphin. I could also…flowertron (73)in nature • 19 days agoHair Ice Fungus - 2 January 2025Today I have to thank Google Lens on my Google Docs for helping me identify this intriguing fungus I found on some rotting wood today : That’s the best I can do in terms of close-up, but to…flowertron (73)in cooking • 20 days agoMaking a Trifle - 1 January 2025There’s nothing like being half way through something you’re making and suddenly realising that you could actually make a post about it all. That’s exactly what happened when I was at this stage…flowertron (73)in knitting • 21 days agoMaking a Gnome - 31 December 2024Here’s the concluding part of my gnome knitting adventure. Just a peek. In my previous post I got up to the point where I’m picking up stitches to start the hat brim. It was a bit…flowertron (73)in knitting • 22 days agoMaking a Gnome - 30 December 2024The two arms side by side don't look very neat. I was very interested to read @danmaruschak’s post yesterday. Apart from the personal family angle I liked the crocheted character. I’d been…flowertron (73)in crafts • 24 days agoChenille Yarn Project #3 - 29 December 2024This is the continuation and conclusion of the project I started writing about here and then continued here . For the top of the back section I started with the eye sockets. I…
