tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56864030016843605352024-03-13T04:33:14.406+00:00thredHEDStitch JunkiethredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-26693891392576037792017-01-16T11:07:00.001+00:002019-02-03T01:31:07.898+00:00Thredhed has Moved.
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thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-20938666462347318722016-03-04T15:51:00.001+00:002016-11-23T12:12:09.063+00:00Happy Mothers Day
I'm not going to say anything about Mothers Day this year.
I think that Laura, HERE at the blog Mothering Spirit does a far better job than I could.
Instead, i'm making Pompom Roses.
Want to have a go?
HERE'S HOW
.....or perhaps just put your feet up.
Happy Mothers Day...
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-8175437692863333212016-02-17T11:16:00.003+00:002016-02-18T08:13:26.312+00:00Fun With Pompoms.
I love pompoms.
Did I ever tell you how much I loved pompoms? No?
The great thing about pompoms is they couldn't be more simple. You can make them easily. You don't need to be able to knit, crochet, or even sew - just wind some yarn around a piece of specifically shaped plastic or card, tie and cut.
Craft for all.
There are various ways ways of making pompoms in all sizes (see thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-62018738759996465682016-01-02T23:38:00.000+00:002016-01-03T15:04:48.628+00:00Crochet A Cool Rainbow Fur Cowl And Give To Charity
My daughter has a bit of a thing for rainbows so how could I resist picking up this ball of multi coloured neon fabulousness when I saw it?
There are some lovely patterns out for all manner of spaced-dyed cardigans, jumpers, dresses and accessories, but I was looking for something a little different... and I wanted a quick project, and one that's nice and easy but still a thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-13125157023647831872015-12-23T10:28:00.000+00:002015-12-23T10:29:14.998+00:00Merry Christmas 2015
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Best Wishes to you and yours
Merry Christmas From thredHED
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-76691792799130340172015-12-21T09:30:00.000+00:002015-12-21T09:30:49.863+00:00Keeping it Handmade.
Christmas is fast approaching ( I know! Where did that year go?) It's the end of term and time for teachers to have a well-earned break. I can't bear to get involved in all of that competitive gift-giving - it really does bring the worst out in some folks - but I do like to show our appreciation for all the extra time and work those hardworking teachers put in. No pressure here. Something thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-88254113616935403152015-10-03T13:01:00.001+01:002015-10-07T10:37:17.639+01:00Modern Granny Square Blanket
There's nothing I like more than a special event or occasion. Weddings, births, house warming, anything that marks the beginning of a new phase of life.
In my humble opinion, special occasions require special pressies. Easier said than done, I hear you say. I agree.
Thankfully, for me, I love an excuse to get out the yarn, cloth, hooks needles, whatever just happens to be thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-10114099322753231512015-05-13T12:00:00.000+01:002015-05-13T12:00:29.589+01:00No.... Don't Put Down Those Hooks
Ok... winter has pretty much passed (dare I speak too soon). It’s May and it’s getting warmer out there. I'm now packing away my winter Jumpers. It’ll be a while before we get the urge to make warm things, although I always regret not starting much earlier than autumn.
There’s a wealth of cool crochet out there that’s is just perfect for summer. Some great shapes - itthredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-44794455479286723062015-04-10T11:47:00.000+01:002015-06-01T14:48:30.703+01:00A Letter from the Tooth Fairy
It’s finally happened… we’ve been waiting aaaages. At last, after weeks of wobbling, it's come out - the first tooth.
Already six and one of the oldest in the class, yet one of the last to start losing her baby teeth. It’s made me feel a little sad - she’s growing up - far too quickly if you ask me. But just look at that that little happy, gappy smile.
So here I am - withthredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-16670455881133666752015-02-14T19:06:00.000+00:002015-12-21T09:31:42.139+00:00Happy Galentines Day
I'm loving the new February 14th concept that is Galentines Day. (Boys, you need one too).
It's great to hear of all those single.. and not-single girls getting together to have fun on a night that's been well and truly hijacked by couples. It's about time, I say.
It's a while since I last did a granny square project - so, with Valentines(Galentines) day on the horizon, I've been thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-46035652326804908682015-02-05T11:37:00.002+00:002015-02-06T21:39:17.915+00:00Graduated Stripe Buggy Blanket
Another new baby in the 'hood….a boy.
Seems that there are lots of boys being born round here at the moment.
Means only one thing....
...yep, another blanket.
This time I had hardily any time to whip one up.
Wait.... I really shouldn't say that - handmade items are NEVER 'just whipped up'.
So a nice simple stitch inthredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-53845111362526787512015-01-07T10:35:00.001+00:002015-01-07T11:00:33.124+00:00New Year, New Bunny.... well sort of
Oh the thing us parents have to do.
I thought I'd start the new year - not with a pattern - but with a story of regeneration, and of what is possible when you think all is lost... sometimes.
Meet Pop-pop. Yes, I'll admit the name's a little quirky, but she was given it by a 1 year old that had a pretty limited vocab at the time.
Fast forward 5 years...... that floppy thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-61998185488997335362014-12-24T21:45:00.002+00:002014-12-24T21:45:57.981+00:00Merry Christmas 2014
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas
Best Wishes
thredHED
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-49036146781301379342014-12-20T08:54:00.000+00:002014-12-20T10:17:17.813+00:00Here Comes Christmas...... Fluoro Flakes
Did anyone just mention Christmas?..... Yes it's nearly here..... and, believe it or not, I'm pretty organised this year, for a change.... At least i think I am.
Just one little thing though - my tree's looking a bit bare... still. Every year i try to make new ornaments for it, but this year I've been too busy getting organised.
I needed to give it a quick boost.
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-6180303108552385082014-11-18T21:34:00.000+00:002016-11-11T12:45:38.514+00:00A Letter to Santa
Christmas seems to be so much more fun with children around. They're coming home from school with cotton wool snowmen and cut out snowflakes. They're practising their Christmas songs and learning lines for the nativity. Their latest favourite read is the Argos catalogue (why oh why did I pick one of those up?) and every trip to the shopping centre needs a plan for avoiding the Disney shop. thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-28248677162497358702014-11-09T19:38:00.000+00:002014-11-09T19:51:11.338+00:00Draughtbusters
We're hunkering down for the winter here in London... and it's getting cold... so I thought I'd share this. In these times of saving energy, colossal heating bills and (still, despite what people are saying) austerity. Someone somewhere may find it useful....
Have you seen the gaps underneath our doors?
I mean... seriously.... Look at them.
Gaping, draught-beckoning, thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-47246544875942483562014-03-30T00:04:00.000+00:002014-03-30T10:03:30.451+01:00 For Mums
It's Mothers day again over here in the Uk. I can't believe it's come round again. How time flies.
Big bunches of flowers, lovely handmade cards from the little ones, having breakfast in bed or lunch down the pub - it's all going on in this part of the world today.
But let's spare a thought for those who don't have mums - for whom Mothers Day is not an easy one.
I'm thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-80522407392848307152014-02-12T09:40:00.002+00:002016-02-08T15:15:52.978+00:00Hearts - not just for Lovers.
It's nice to take time to appreciate those you love but, let's be honest, Valentines day is not everyones cup of tea. Red Roses, Chocolate Hearts, or candle-lit dinners - been there, done that, have come out the other end - now totally indifferent……. so I'm not going to go on about love… or romance.
Having said that, I do love the paraphernalia….thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-83900839291308749422014-02-04T16:32:00.001+00:002014-02-15T23:43:10.229+00:00Gifts for the boys….Tidy Bag
There's nothing nicer than a handmade gift. I love 'em. But Boys?….. simple handmade gifts for boys (and by that I mean men) - now, that's a tricky one, especially with the men I know. They seem to be much more discerning, more fussy than any girl. They totally get the handmade thing but with them there seems to be no messing - they want stuff that is either really cool or really thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-36638791590284328492014-01-14T11:53:00.002+00:002014-02-15T23:39:18.426+00:00New Year, New Arrivals, New variation - Stripey Chukkas
A little something for the New Year new arrivals.
Two new versions of my Little Chukka boot…. in stripe. I've been dying to try a stripey version of these. Knitted in two rows of each colour - a nice stripe width, it's also easy to change colour without floating yarn or finishing off. You may need to juggle the colour variations slightly depending on the size youthredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-19681874346074052852014-01-08T13:42:00.000+00:002014-01-09T10:18:57.037+00:00More Stashbusting - Modern Patchwork
Here I am again, sorting through my stash, not wanting to throw away these scraps of fabric. It just seems so wasteful.
Time for another project….. some modern patchwork. As lovely as traditional patchwork is, it takes on a whole new lease of life when we bring in right up into the digital age. "How do you do that?", I hear you ask…….
…….PIXELS
1. Pixel thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-1176287118442767632014-01-01T03:55:00.000+00:002014-01-01T14:23:52.710+00:00Ring in the New - 2014
It's been…..
a good….
2013….
but 2014….
is going to….
get more…
Interesting.
Watch this space….
Wishing all you thredheads a Happy, Healthy, Lucky
and Creative New Year.
XXX thredHED
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-30909396648206478612013-12-25T01:17:00.002+00:002013-12-25T01:17:53.262+00:00Merry Christmas
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
Best Wishes, thredHED
thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-11418090818767200832013-12-12T09:58:00.000+00:002016-12-13T23:59:51.457+00:00The Cheat's Guide to Christmas Crochet Bunting
Back in August, you may remember, I did some crochet granny bunting (well just a bit). I liked it so much, I wondered if I would be able to find a Christmas version. I did - I found this great little Crochet Granny Christmas Tree over at the fabulous Royal Sisters Blog. It's nice and simple with a great step-by-step photo tutorial to follow.
Just what I was looking for - thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686403001684360535.post-10145637801507675902013-12-05T09:38:00.001+00:002014-01-17T10:58:51.158+00:00Yarn Christmas Wreath, Part 2….Time to Embellish
Okay, time's pressing on. The lights are up and our high street is positively twinkling. Trees are stacked outside the shops, and one by one our windows are beginning to light up. Your Yarn Wreath is made and now it's time for the best bit - embellishing.
There are lots of ways you can do this - it doesn't even have to be knit or crochet, although it's nice to continues the theme. thredHEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080602999163119651noreply@blogger.com0