Tools of the Trade
Today my creative space shows all the tools I use. I have a box full of ribbon and a box full of eyes, noses, bells and teddy bear joints! My Cath Kidston threads tin is full of gorgeous coloured embroidery and sewing thread. I have an orange pom pom & tassle maker. I use pipe cleaners to form the skeleton shape of items I’m knitting. My knitting looms are a nice alternative to knitting needles and shown in the centre front of the photo are my circular needles and to the left, straight needles, double ended needles and to the right cable needles. Graph paper and felt tip pens are important tools for pattern designs. Also shown is my tape measure, knitting guage, buttons jar, stitch markers, point protectors, row counter, scissors, sewing needles and needle threaders, large safety pins for holding stitches and bobbins. I have a wooden fork which I use for making cords and a eyeletter hole punch for making felt circles to decorate toys with buttons or eyes. I also have a great little storage box for keeping all my tiny beads in for decorating knitted collectables.
Would love to see the tools of your trade. Add a link to the comments so that I can come and see.
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Oh pretty tools!! Lots of colour, what fun to work with!!
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Yes! . . Errr . . Well! . . Mmmm! . .at the moment it’s my laser printer, PC, envelopes, boxes and sticky tape!
When I finally do get a chance to get some glass work in . . well the list is endless . . glass cutters . . steel rules in 6″, 12″, 18″, 24″ and 36″ . . kilns . . grinder . . band saw . . ring saw . . tile saw . . kiln shelves . . kiln wash . . Oh . . and lots of plasters!
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LOL! The plasters made me laugh! Knitting is much less accident prone
Wow that is alot of tools! Gorgeous post!
p.s. I am hosting a sponsored giveaway for a beautiful handcarved stamp – you can enter here.
x nadine
little lovelies
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Your space looks beautiful this week. I keep seeing these circular looms popping up all over the place.
Hi Kirsty, thanks for popping by. They are often called knifty knitters. You don’t know what you’re missing out on!
http://www.provocraft.com/products/catalog.php?cl=knifty%20knitter&scl=looms
I just want to sit down in your creative space and start playing with everything!! Have yarn, will travel!
Aww that is such a lovely thing to say. Thanks for popping over. Would love to share creative spaces with you. Yours is always inviting!
Whenever I read your blog, I always want to call you by my sister’s name – if that is you in the right of the photo. My sister is the absolute double. When I first saw your blog I thought it was my sister! They always say everyone has a double!
You look so organised! Your knitting needles are very cute!
I try to be!
Thanks for dropping by. I love knitting needles.
Oooh, lots of goodies to play with!
such an important part of creativity, so many great colours, makes it inspiring in itself
I agree, I love colour! Thanks for leaving a comment
Mmmmm…..yummy tools..! (-:
Thank you!
Thanks for popping by my blog. I love your embroidery!
fabulous, I love everything Clover for sewing. my fav is there bias tape measure but as i branch out to other crafts I am getting a fair stack of tools
I love clover too. Such good quality and lots of fun things. I love my frog row counter.
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Lovely creative space, all of those lovely toys to play with, my box of toys is nestled in my cupboard as we speak.
love the colours and all the pieces/tools layed out like this
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Wow, this is really colorful and neat! Lucky you with all those threads to play with.
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment. It is always great to hear from people.
your space looks great – love the art viva needles – i have one pair but hope to afford some more soon! thanks for the monkey swap goodies, meant to stop by yesterday! you really did please the whole family, my son took to the monkey & the jelly beans ofcourse, my husband pinched the book! and my little daughter is finding the banana holder very interesting! thank you so much!
also must say how lucky you are to be surrounded by such lovely wool, that would be my deam job!
Hi, Thanks for popping by. I think wooden knitting needles are the best and love something added to make it colourful and funky! Great to hear about the monkey goodies.
Lots of lovely tools – I would love to try wooden knitting needles, they look so much nicer to use than the metal ones I have
Hi Alison. The wooden knitting needles are lovely to work with. The metal ones give me blisters and resin ones are bendy and snap. You’ll have to treat yourself to a pair or enter my knitting needles competion (button on my homepage) to win a pair of my handmade jumbo knittng needles!
Oh wow, I’m thrilled by all the colour in your space, it’s wonderful. The tin of embroidery floss is delicious. I also love your creations I can see in the sidebar, especially that duckie with a beanie…
Thanks ever so much for dropping by my blog, Gina and for your lovely comments. The duckies are very happy to hear that you like their beanie hats!
Wow! I’d love to have a play
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