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How to be a Handmade Hero Part 3: Goat, chickens and cool schools

It is jawdroppingly lovely here. This means that it's a bit tough to get my head around how somewhere so utterly gorgeous can

How to be a Handmade Hero Part 2: No sleep till Beneh Meriah

The second thrilling instalment of my Indonesia trip with Save the Children and three Craft Stars for the Craftivist Jigsaw Pr

How to be a Handmade Hero: Part 1 – A girl, a mouse, a jigsaw piece and a whole lot of optimism

I put on my Handmade Superhero cape and head off to Indonesia with Save the Children for the Craftivist Jigsaw Project. I'm ta

Being a piece of the Craftivist Jigsaw: how craft can help change the world for the better

Can one tiny stitch change the world? Join me and the rest of the craft community in the Craftivist Jigsaw Project, and find o

Free pattern: Bonkers Beanies for St Mungo’s Woolly Hat Day

This autumn I've teamed up with the folks at St Mungo's, a charity 'opening doors for the homeless', to champion their Woolly

Going Guerrilla Gardening: the discovery of Amelia Bearheart

In the heart of London grows a lovely field of guerrilla gardening lavender. After wondering about the green and leafy guerril

Update: Stitch London Olympics Week 2

Week Two of the Stitch London Olympics. Proving herself to be the Jessica Ennis of knitted pigeons Cooey has gone for gold in

Stitch London Olympics: the pigeon Olympic games

It's been a long and nervous wait but the Stitch London 2012 Olympics are finally here! Let's the Purly Pigeon Olympic Games b

For sale: the world’s only knitted BT ArtBox Monster

Muncher the BT ArtBox monster is for sale! The Dial M for Monster auction offers you the chance to have a handmade monster in

Monster ArtBox update: When Muncher met Plarchie

Day 24 on the Trafalgar Square roundabout: a pirate tattoo, a meeting between two giant knitted brothers, and Plarchie the gia