Stella Print

Stella now has a name and a limited edition print is now available in my Folksy store Click here for details.
I will also be listing the print on Etsy in the next couple of days.

Thing-a-day Day 26 – Clootie Tree Ribbons

 
As some of you may remember I recently posted on thing-a-day crochet clootie tree. As a result of my endeavours I have inspired a fellow crocheter in the USA to create their own Clootie tree. We have agreed to a mutual exchange of crocheted ribbons for our respective clootie trees. Today I spent time making ribbons to send to MA USA and sent them.
For more information on the history of clootie trees please visit here.
To see photos of my clootie tree please visit here.
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Thing-a-day Day 23 – Crochet Poncho

Here I have just knocked up a quick chained poncho. It was very easy and quick to make and I just wanted to try out the concept. I think it would look great as evening wear or on top of a plain coat for outerwear.
Free pattern can be found here.

Thing-a-day Day 19 – Vintage Sewing Chest Roses Decoupage

 
Not fibre but I thought I should post this anyway!
A long time ago I acquired this wonderful vintage sewing and crafts treasure chest. It came complete with all contents lots of lovely vintage trinkets and boxes. A plethora of vintage buttons, zips, threads, needles etc and a full manicure set. Anyway long story short I think it looked hideous.
Thing-a-day gave me the impetus to make it somehow pretty and I hope that I’ve achieved that. I prepared the chest by washing it all down. Then I applied some ivory satinwood paint mixed with crimson water colour to give it a pink tinge. I then enlisted the mister to cut out many many roses from the english rose wrapping paper I had.
The chest required two coats of satinwoood. I then applied PVA glue and my roses, waited for it to dry and then varnished it with floor varnish voila job done. I think it is much prettier than it’s previous dark brown drab.
 

Thing-a-day Day 17 – Playing with Trellis Pattern

Today I just wanted to have a play about with multiple layers of trellis. I came up with this scarf and I do like the movement of it.
Although, as is often the case with me, I prefer the reverse of the made up pattern.
Reverse views.

Thing-a-day Day 15 - The Clootie Tree – Crochet Gardening

Stupid Cupid – David Thelfall AKA Frank Gallagher BE MY VALENTINE !!!!!!

David Thelfall is without a doubt one of the UK’s best actors. No matter what you feel about the character ‘Frank’ this boy is a sound actor and very convincing. The fact that he come’s from my neck of the woods has nothing to do with it. This is a man who has worked hard and consistently to arrive where he is today.
Bring it on, MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
Born October 12, 1953, in Manchester, England. Addresses: Agent: JamesSharkey Associates, Third Floor, 15 Golden Square, London SW1, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

October 12, 1953

Manchester, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Blackie, The Sons of Light, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), OtherPlace Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1977, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1978
• Philip, A Bed of Roses, Royal Court Theatre, London, then Bush Theatre, London, 1978
• Fritz, Savage Amusement, RSC, Warehouse Theatre, 1978
• Jake, A and R, RSC, Warehouse Theatre, 1978
• Mike, Shout Across the River, RSC, Warehouse Theatre, 1978
• Abraham Slender, The Merry Wives of Windsor, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1979
• Second lord attending Cloten, Cymbeline, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1979
• Viktor Viktorovitch, The Suicide, RSC, Other Place Theatre, 1979
• Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1979
• Smike, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, RSC, PlymouthTheatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1981
• Mike, Not Quite Jerusalem, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1982
• Apoo, Topokana Martyrs' Day, Bush Theatre, 1983
• Malcolm, Selling the Sizzle, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986
• Title role, Hamlet, Oxford Playhouse Company, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh and Elsinore Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986
• Title role, Riddley Walker, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1986
• Title role, The Traveller, Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England,then Almeida Theatre, London, both 1987
• Title role, Bussy D'Ambois, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1988
• Title role, Macbeth, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1989
• Over a Barrel, 1989
• Gregers Werle, The Wild Duck, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1990
• Mickey Robinson, Your Home in the West, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1991
• Also appeared in Paper Flowers, Watermans; The War at Home,Hampstead; The Party; Oedipus: The King; Oedipus at Colonus; The Count ofMonte Cristo; and as Bollingbroke, Richard II, National.
  
  
  
• Film Appearances
• Jack Jenkins, When the Whales Came (also known as Why the Whales Came), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• Leward Wicklow, The Russia House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• Inspector Highland, Patriot Games, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Trevor, The Kiss of Death (also known as Play for Today: Kiss of Death), 1977
• Archer, Scum, 1977
• Vasily, Red Monarch, 1983
• Edgar, King Lear, BBC, 1984
• Alex, Murderers among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (also known as The Simon Wiesenthal Story), HBO, 1989
• Tom Rowse, A Casualty of War, USA, 1990
• Stanley Rode, A Murder of Quality, 1990
• Syl, Clothes in the Wardrobe (also known as The Summer House), 1992
• Joseph of Nazareth, Mary, Mother of Jesus, NBC, 1999
• Voice, 1000 AD, 1999
• Also appeared in The Daughter-In-Law; The Gathering Seed; Jumping the Queue; The Brylcream Boys; Dog Ends; and Making Plays: Arena.
• Series
• Bell, Nightingales, NBC, 1990
• Men of the World, 1994
• Miniseries
• Smike, Nicholas Nickelby (also known as The Life and Adventuresof Nicholas Nickelby), syndicated, 1983
• Leslie Titmuss, Paradise Postponed, ITV, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, both 1986
• Weaver, The Marksman, 1987
• Leslie Titmuss, Titmuss Regained, 1991
• Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Diana: Her True Story, NBC, 1993
• Norman, Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll, 1999
• Aaron, In the Beginning, NBC, 2000
• Episodic
• "Pratt Outta Hell," Lenny Henry Tonite, 1986
• "He's Asking for Me," Screenplay on Sunday, BBC-2, 1990
• Radovan Pradic, "High Speed," C15: The New Professionals, 1999
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• The Secret Agent, Reed Publishing, 1997

Read more: http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/David-Threlfall.html#ixzz0fQz8VGsW

Thing-a-day Day 13 – Prodded Wheatgrass

Completed prodded rag rug thing – recycled wheatgrass sack. Not a clue what I’m going to do with it – suggestions on a postcard please.

Thing-a-day Day 12 Doodling with wax crayon & Paint

Thing-a-day Day 5 – Freeform Crochet

This is part of Thing-a-day 2010 project but will obviously take more than 30 mins to complete and so it remains a work in progress. It is my intention to work on it and complete it before the end of February, 2010 and I hope to produce a functional item.

Thing-a-day Day 4 – Crochet Sculpture

 
Here I just crocheted 5 separate hyperbolic roses and then stacked them on top of each other.

Thing–a-day Day 3 – Red Eye

Gouache on canvas. 24” x 24”

Freeform Crochet Scarf – Thing-a-day, Day 1.

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Doodling with yarn - Wendy Moiselle shade 750, crochet hooks 10mm & 5mm.  Freeform crochet scarf.