A sweet surprise
This absolutely gorgeous wee butterfly frock from Iwi Babe has a sweet surprise on the back: a pair of beautiful wings that flutter and catch the breeze as your little one plays. How cute is that?
This absolutely gorgeous wee butterfly frock from Iwi Babe has a sweet surprise on the back: a pair of beautiful wings that flutter and catch the breeze as your little one plays. How cute is that?
Elvis is in the building…
A glimpse into The Felted Room: the tactile, textile imaginarium of Sandra Grieve
Sandra Grieve of The Felted Room is a mixed media artist who designs and creates her eco friendly artworks, which include everything from unique textile creations to needle felted sculptures, designer cat and dog beds, wedding boutonnieres and much more, all from her workroom in Wanganui.
It’s World Wide Knit in Public Day, hurrah! Get your needles out and join a host of famous folk from Hollywood, politics, literary circles, and even royalty who’ve been caught on camera yarn-handed…
This Saturday is World Wide Knit in Public Day, and there are events on around the country to celebrate! Here in Christchurch we’d like to give a shout-out to the Midwinter Woolfeast, where they’ll be celebrating yarn in style with a gathering of New Zealand’s most talented fibre artists and indie yarn dyers – and Felt will be there too!
A winter’s day, a comfy chair, a good book and a cosy blanket – heaven!
Soft, snuggly and super-sized: Chain Gang makes it big
Suz Grimwood listed her Chain Gang products on Felt just one month before her third daughter was born in an ‘it’s now or never’ moment. Nearly a year on, she has enjoyed selling her throws and scarves online and in stores amidst the craziness of parenting…
Auckland-based Alex O’Connell of The Adventures of Alex O & Co named her crafting venture after the adventure of her own crafting journey…
Deborah Sax of Piccalilli takes vintage wool blankets, haberdashery and accessories, and turns them into impeccably tailored and beautifully finished children’s clothing. Deborah combines these vintage finds with contemporary fabric to make beautiful and robust modern day heirloom garments.
Yarn dyers and mamas Vicky and Nicola of Rosewood Wool have been friends for quite a long time. “We met when our eldest sons were toddlers, but our friendship is bound together with handcraft. We live and breathe it [though] one of us works full time and the other home-schools – we have six children between us and we plan family camping trips together with the intention of sitting and knitting for days.”