Make Do and Knit, 27th & 27th March 2010

This is another brilliant event organised by the very talented Susan Crawford of Knitonthenet ( together with some other talented folk ).

It’s a two day knitting and making fair with a vintage feel and as well as fashion shows and a cafe there’ll also be carefully selected retailers offering a wide selection of high quality knitting, spinning, dressmaking and haberdashery supplies. One of the things I loved about working in Jenners on Princes Street some years ago was the old style feel of their haberdashery department, sadly that’s gone along with that particular type of customer service. Bring back department stores like Grace Brothers!

I’ll be at Make Do and Knit with lots of goodies from duppdupp including a new collection of needle & hook cases, buttons, Boye needles & hooks and the hand turned pin boxes that I didn’t quite manage to get onto the website in time for Christmas ~ oops! I’ll also be taking Kitglobal kits so there’ll be a chance for anyone  who doesn’t know how soft our Baby Alpaca is to come and have a feel for themselves. There’s a newly formed Make Do and Knit group on Ravelry so join up here , say hello and spread the word.

Have a lovely weekend all

New knitonthenet

The latest issue of Knitonthenet is up!

 Run by the lovely Susan Crawford and hubby Gavin it’s a beautifully designed and produced online magazine. Issue 9 which is currently available free of charge, features over 12 designs plus news, events and a Kitglobal product review in the Features section.

From next issue ( no. 10 ) the mag will be available by subscription only as rising costs are forcing them to charge in order to cover costs – I don’t know how they’ve managed so far, it’s a heck of a lot of work but worth it.