I love the idea of thousands of people crafting and blogging, valuing creativity, originality, embracing ideas of thriftiness and recycling. It doesn't matter if it's people knitting mittens or embroidering tablecloths, sewing aprons, making felt softies, crocheting, doing macrame, growing marrows, baking cakes ... you get the picture. It's the making that matters.

It's also wonderfully weird to think of all those people who become so familiar through their blogs. You know what they look like, their taste in music, what they had for dinner last night ...
Before I really get going, can I first apologise for the not-very-good photography. I'm rubbish at taking pictures, and at the moment only have the most basic (ie: cheap!) digital camera. So sorry if the edges are a bit blurry. I'll get better. Promise.