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About craftycreeky

I live in a busy market town in Yorkshire with my husband, kids, dogs and chickens. I love trying new crafts, rediscovering old ones, gardening, walking...anything creative really I started this blog after my New Year resolution worked so well. My resolution (the first one I've ever kept!) was to post a photograph of my garden on Facebook every day. My hope was that I would then see what was good in the garden and not just weeds and work, which was my tendency. The unexpected side-effect was that I have enjoyed many more hours in the garden. I am hoping that 'The Crafty Creek' will have the same effect. Happy creating!

Foragers Journal HQAL

Posted on May 31, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’m still on my big adventure with my daughter so no progress at all on my Foragers Journal. Here are the two pages I stitched before my holiday… We’re due back just before the next update, so don’t hold your … Continue reading →

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Our Big Adventure 4

Posted on May 25, 2026 by craftycreeky

Well I’m way behind with my holiday posts so this might be spread over two or three days. After a great stay in Strasbourg we headed over to Freiburg.This is a small city in the black mountains. We had a … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long

Posted on May 24, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’m still on my big holiday with my daughter, so no progress here at all with my catkins, it is still a solitary catkin… Please follow the links to see what everyone else has been stitching. Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,   Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie,  Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen

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Big Adventure 3

Posted on May 16, 2026 by craftycreeky

Well it’s over a week since we left home and we’ve already been to five countries!! After Cologne we travelled down the German border to Trier, it was a nice gentle journey through forests and along valleys, very pretty. It … Continue reading →

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Our Big Adventure 2

Posted on May 10, 2026 by craftycreeky

After visiting Ghent and Bruges we took the train to Maastricht in the Netherlands. My sister recommended it as she loves coming here for a city break. When we first arrived we went straight to the market Square as my … Continue reading →

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Foragers Journal HQAL

Posted on May 10, 2026 by craftycreeky

I did manage to make some progress on my foragers journal before I left for my big adventure with my daughter. Three weeks ago I had made good progress stitching February, which is about Gorse… I have managed to finish … Continue reading →

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Our big adventure stage 1

Posted on May 7, 2026 by craftycreeky

Well we’ve had a good start to our big adventure, we left our local station in Yorkshire at 07.20 and arrived in Ghent in Belgium around 6pm. We travelled 1st class which is a big treat for us. Yesterday we … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on May 4, 2026 by craftycreeky

This is a bit of a catch up post as I’ve just realised I haven’t posted about my bird alphabet for a while, in fact I had just finished the letter K, I’ve done five letters since then and also … Continue reading →

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Phenology Wheel SAL

Posted on May 3, 2026 by craftycreeky

Well I’ve still not finished my catkins, I have made a little progress but life has got in the way over the last few weeks. This retirement lark is pretty busy!! Three weeks ago I had started the catkins… I … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sewing

Posted on May 2, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve been doing a little sewing and stitching for my big holiday – we leave on Tuesday to go interrailing round Europe for six weeks, just me and my daughter, I’m so excited!! I’ve not been sewing clothes for my … Continue reading →

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