Posts about the places, experiences and people that provide the creative inspiration I need for my creative fibre arts.
Free Hat Pattern – Basic Beanie Here is a free hat pattern that I have written specifically for using my repeatable corespun yarns or beaded yarns. Lots of people are attracted to the colours and textures of my repeatable art yarns but are unsure of what to do with them or how to use them.…
My name is Araminta Greaves and I have got a sweet tooth. Anyone else out there feel the need to confess? I have always had a sweet tooth and as a child in the 1970’s that meant eating highly coloured and flavoured sweets, or candy for my American friends. Favourites included Fruit Salads and Blackjacks…
I’m sure that we have all had the experience of being seduced by the colours or textures of an unusual one off yarn, only to find that when we get it home and look shamefacedly at our existing stash, we have no idea what to actually do with what we have. This post, all about…
Affectionately known as ‘The Nearly There Trees’, Cookworthy Knapp is a stand of over 100 beech trees at the side of the A30 which welcomes people into Cornwall. It has become an iconic view and was featured by the BBC in an article ‘The Landmarks That Mean You Are Nearly Home‘ along with the Angel…
Colourway Spotlight – Polzeath Breeze As the name suggests, this colourway is inspired by the popular beach at Polzeath, on the beautiful coastline of North Cornwall. I spent a lot of time gazing down on the the bay at Polzeath a few years ago. I was cleaning a fabulous holiday let which backed onto the…
Colourway Spotlight – Daymer Storm. I am so lucky to live here in North Cornwall in the far south west of England. The landscape and seascape on and around this peninsula is endlessly inspiring. This colourway is inspired by the beautiful Daymer Bay on the north coast of Cornwall where the river Camel completes its…
