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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!

Yorkshire Wolds Way Part 1

Posted on June 1, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well it’s nearly a week since I finished the Yorkshire Wolds Way (YWW) and I’ve just about recovered! Here in the UK we have quite a lot of official long distance paths, my friend and I were doing one a … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 27, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well after nine days away the garden had lots of lovely surprises for me. One of my favourite paeonies is a very delicate shade of the lightest pink, it’s sited under a standard rose, which is fortunate as just before … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on May 26, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’m still away walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way, hopefully finishing today. I haven’t had chance to work on my quilt over the last three weeks so no progress to share unfortunately. I’m still undecided about sashings! I’m sure everyone else … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on May 19, 2024 by craftycreeky

I finally plucked up the courage and started stitching the pages together for my garden book. I’ve been prevaricating for a while on how to do it, I discussed it with one of my friends from my stitching group who … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Wolds Way

Posted on May 18, 2024 by craftycreeky

I start my first big walk since 2020 today, the Yorkshire Wold Way, 79 miles from the Humber Bridge, inland to Malton then back out again to Filey Brigg. My friend and I used to do a long distance walk … Continue reading →

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Embroidered Bag

Posted on May 16, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished embroidering my tote bag. I bought it at the Knitting and Stitching Show in November, it was from a company called Sew Enchanting. It was pre-printed with the design and I could choose what threads and stitches … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Totter Round the Garden

Posted on May 14, 2024 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the radio silence, I’ve had major internet problems! My computer is in my sewing room on a desk that is about as far away from where the internet comes in as it could be, it’s been getting ridiculously … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on May 5, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well I’m still undecided about sashing for my quilt so I haven’t started stitching it together yet. I did spend quite some time however trimming all the blocks to 8 1/2″ as per instructions. I think if I hadn’t had … Continue reading →

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Terra Dress

Posted on May 2, 2024 by craftycreeky

Part of my busy few days away was a reunion, in January it was forty years since I started nursing!! I trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, I was in Set 37 and there were 37 of us in … Continue reading →

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Morning has Broken

Posted on April 30, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve just had a very busy week off work – one of those where you go back to work for a rest! I worked out that in four days I had eight train journeys, all over an hour, so I … Continue reading →

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