I would love to keep the conversation going about Historic Crafts, so if you have any questions you are very welcome to come and ask me.
xx Eddie
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Showing posts with label A note from Eddie. Show all posts
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Update
I have just moved all the old posts from the www.historic-crafts.com domain (which is now closed) over to this new blog. Feel free to have a look through them using the craft categories in the left sidebar.
At the moment I am not creating new content to the Historic Crafts blog. Instead I am focusing on my own blog 'Eddie's room' where I am sharing loads about crafts, refashioning, family history, Digital Humanities and more. You are very welcome to come and follow me there or 'like' my Facebook page, where I will be sharing links and ideas :-)
I would love to keep the conversation going about Historic Crafts, so if you have any questions you are very welcome to come and ask me.
xx Eddie
Eddie's Room blog
Facebook page
Twitter @HenrietteRoued
I would love to keep the conversation going about Historic Crafts, so if you have any questions you are very welcome to come and ask me.
xx Eddie
Eddie's Room blog
Facebook page
Twitter @HenrietteRoued
Friday, 4 February 2011
Valentines craftyness
I think that Valentines is as good an excuse for being crafty as any. I'm already getting on with the heart production for the 'A World in Love' project.
The end of January also marks our first blog-anniversary here on Historic Crafts. Yes it is really only a year ago. I still can't really believe it. Since we were just getting started last year around this time our Valentines posts didn't really get read to the same extent as they probably would now. So this is me making you all aware of them. Whether you want to get raunchy with the Romans or learn about the Victorian 'Vinegar Valentines' card.
Eddie
The end of January also marks our first blog-anniversary here on Historic Crafts. Yes it is really only a year ago. I still can't really believe it. Since we were just getting started last year around this time our Valentines posts didn't really get read to the same extent as they probably would now. So this is me making you all aware of them. Whether you want to get raunchy with the Romans or learn about the Victorian 'Vinegar Valentines' card.
Eddie
Friday, 14 January 2011
A world in love
In exactly a months time we have the 14th February also known as Valentines day. A great time to show the people in your life how much you love and appreciate them. But how about sharing that love a bit further? How about sharing that love with the whole world? And how about using the creativeness that we all carry inside us to do just that? That is what this project; 'A world in love' is all about.
The main part of 'A world in love' is this flickr group.
I wanted to share with you all my first heart in Winchester on a Sunday morning after the farmers market. The same place I bought the yarn a year ago.
The concept is simple:
1. Handcraft a heart (ideas below)
2. Take a picture of this heart in front of a place that means a lot to you
3. Let us know where the place is
4. Tell us about your handcrafted heart and why you took the photo where you did (optional)
If you share an image with this group you are also allowing us to make a collage with your photo in it. We will also use the spot where you took the photo for a Google map.
On the flickr group I have started a couple of discussions with ideas for crafting hearts. We already have ideas for knitted hearts and ideas for crochet hearts. But if you have any other ideas feel free to start a relevant discussion (e.g. paper heart ideas or felted heart ideas or basketwoven heart ideas).
If you upload the image to flickr yourself you can also geo-tag it yourself (remember to change the geo-privacy to public). If you are not a member of flickr (it's free and easy to get an account) and you don't wish to be either you are welcome to send the photo to me with the town and country where it was taken (you don't have to be detailed if you don't want to) and I can upload it for you.
I have also made a group on Ravelry and an group on Facebook. You can also post your image on any of these groups and I will move them to the flickr group. Again remember to mention the place where the photo was taken.
If you want to share this idea with your friends and followers I have made these two badges which you are free to use to link back to the flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1600626@N21/
I really hope you want to be a part of this and to encourage you friend to take part too.
Take care,
Eddie
The images in this post are copyright of Eddie Roued-Cunliffe. You are hereby granted permission to use them for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit Eddie and link back to this page. If you are using them and talking about this post I would love to hear from you in the comments.
The main part of 'A world in love' is this flickr group.
I wanted to share with you all my first heart in Winchester on a Sunday morning after the farmers market. The same place I bought the yarn a year ago.
The concept is simple:
1. Handcraft a heart (ideas below)
2. Take a picture of this heart in front of a place that means a lot to you
3. Let us know where the place is
4. Tell us about your handcrafted heart and why you took the photo where you did (optional)
If you share an image with this group you are also allowing us to make a collage with your photo in it. We will also use the spot where you took the photo for a Google map.
On the flickr group I have started a couple of discussions with ideas for crafting hearts. We already have ideas for knitted hearts and ideas for crochet hearts. But if you have any other ideas feel free to start a relevant discussion (e.g. paper heart ideas or felted heart ideas or basketwoven heart ideas).
If you upload the image to flickr yourself you can also geo-tag it yourself (remember to change the geo-privacy to public). If you are not a member of flickr (it's free and easy to get an account) and you don't wish to be either you are welcome to send the photo to me with the town and country where it was taken (you don't have to be detailed if you don't want to) and I can upload it for you.
I have also made a group on Ravelry and an group on Facebook. You can also post your image on any of these groups and I will move them to the flickr group. Again remember to mention the place where the photo was taken.
If you want to share this idea with your friends and followers I have made these two badges which you are free to use to link back to the flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1600626@N21/
I really hope you want to be a part of this and to encourage you friend to take part too.
Take care,
Eddie
The images in this post are copyright of Eddie Roued-Cunliffe. You are hereby granted permission to use them for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit Eddie and link back to this page. If you are using them and talking about this post I would love to hear from you in the comments.
Monday, 27 December 2010
Happy Crafty New Year
The new year is approaching fast and I for one am looking forward to it. Not that 2010 didn't live up to expectations, it was a great year. The Historic Crafts blog was started in January and the Grey Duckling blog soon followed in May. But I have so many more ideas that I want to try out in 2011 and I can't wait to get started.
One of them is hosting a couple of giveaways and spreading the crafty fun all around. I have already made a start with the New Years giveaway over on Grey duckling where you can receive this bobbin lace brooch that I made if you comment on the post. In the new year there will be more giveaways both on Grey Duckling and here on Historic Crafts. So keep posted!
Knitted star - copyright Cecile
I have another little festive gift that I want to share with you all this holiday season. Cecile, who writes for us here on Historic Crafts once in a while, has been knitting quite a few Christmas decorations. But she couldn't find a pattern to make a star so she made one up herself. The stars are truely beautiful and I would encourage everyone to have a go at making them. I know Christmas is over now but in my book stars are also good decorations for New Year. Or you can always put the pattern in your Ravelry queue and make it next year.
The pattern itself
Pattern on Ravelry
All there is left to say now is; Have a Happy Crafty New Year and see you all in 2011.
Eddie
One of them is hosting a couple of giveaways and spreading the crafty fun all around. I have already made a start with the New Years giveaway over on Grey duckling where you can receive this bobbin lace brooch that I made if you comment on the post. In the new year there will be more giveaways both on Grey Duckling and here on Historic Crafts. So keep posted!
Knitted star - copyright Cecile
I have another little festive gift that I want to share with you all this holiday season. Cecile, who writes for us here on Historic Crafts once in a while, has been knitting quite a few Christmas decorations. But she couldn't find a pattern to make a star so she made one up herself. The stars are truely beautiful and I would encourage everyone to have a go at making them. I know Christmas is over now but in my book stars are also good decorations for New Year. Or you can always put the pattern in your Ravelry queue and make it next year.
The pattern itself
Pattern on Ravelry
All there is left to say now is; Have a Happy Crafty New Year and see you all in 2011.
Eddie
Monday, 6 September 2010
Dye Gardens
A friend had recently been to see Jane Austen's House Museum in Hampshire and could report that the museum had recreated the dye garden. Was this common practice in country cottages, even though the residents of the house had no connection to the dye trade?
We would like to know more about this and a quick Google search didn't bring up much. So if you know more about residential dye gardens or know about other places where they have been kept or recreated please do comment and let us know!
[caption id="attachment_2369" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Dye Gardens at Jane Austen's House, Hampshire (Copyright Lynne Mabon)"]
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The images in this post are copyright of Lynne Mabon. If you wish to use the images please request permission from Lynne.
We would like to know more about this and a quick Google search didn't bring up much. So if you know more about residential dye gardens or know about other places where they have been kept or recreated please do comment and let us know!
[caption id="attachment_2369" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Dye Gardens at Jane Austen's House, Hampshire (Copyright Lynne Mabon)"]
[/caption]The images in this post are copyright of Lynne Mabon. If you wish to use the images please request permission from Lynne.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Jubilations
This August the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (WSP) Guild are celebrating their 60th Anniversary with the exhibition "Jubilations" from the 17th-30th August (10.00-17.00) at the Great Hall in Winchester. Admission is free.
Come along and enjoy weaving, spinning and dyeing demonstrations, learn about the techniques and see what the members have created over the years.
The Historic Crafts Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing theme ends with this exhibition at the end of August.
Here is a look at other what other WSD guilds have come up with to celebrate their anniversaries:
The Shetland Guild of Spinners, Weavers, Knitters and Dyers did an open day for their 20th anniversary.
The Kent Guild of Spinners Dyers and Weavers all joined together to make a banner.
The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore's members together made 60 scarves and published it in a book, "Sixty Scarves for 60 Years" to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
Come along and enjoy weaving, spinning and dyeing demonstrations, learn about the techniques and see what the members have created over the years.
The Historic Crafts Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing theme ends with this exhibition at the end of August.
Here is a look at other what other WSD guilds have come up with to celebrate their anniversaries:The Shetland Guild of Spinners, Weavers, Knitters and Dyers did an open day for their 20th anniversary.
The Kent Guild of Spinners Dyers and Weavers all joined together to make a banner.
The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore's members together made 60 scarves and published it in a book, "Sixty Scarves for 60 Years" to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
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