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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!

Day 7 Swale Way

Posted on June 11, 2025 by craftycreeky

Today we walked about 12.5 miles from Reeth to the hamlet of Keld at the top of swaledale. It was a hot day so despite suntan lotion, my arms are a little pink this evening. The first half if the … Continue reading →

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Day 6 Swale Way

Posted on June 10, 2025 by craftycreeky

Today was hard, we walked 12 miles from Richmond to Reeth. We usually average 2 miles an hour including regular breaks, today a lot of it was about q mile sn hour as the terrain was do difficult. We had … Continue reading →

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Day 5 Swale Way

Posted on June 9, 2025 by craftycreeky

We’ve had an easier day today, thanks to the extra 4 miles we walked yesterday, we walked 7 miles from Bolton on Swale to the town of Richmond. My friend and I usually find shorter walks take almost as long … Continue reading →

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Day 4 of Swale way

Posted on June 8, 2025 by craftycreeky

We’ve had a good start today, we were planning to walk 9 miles from the village of Maunby to Great Langton, but we felt ok after that so we walked an extra 4 miles to Brompton on Swale. It means … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on June 8, 2025 by craftycreeky

I felt I’ve been plodding along with this quilt over the last three weeks, I can’t quite do one square on an evening, however when I photographed it yesterday I’ve made a lot more progress than I thought. I tend … Continue reading →

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The Swale Way; Days 2 and 3

Posted on June 7, 2025 by craftycreeky

Tomorrow we start the final bit of our Swaledale walk, about 50 miles over five days. We did two 10 mile sections as day walks, here’s a few photos… Day 2 was Brafferton to Thirsk. There was a fair bit … Continue reading →

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A Pair of Cushions

Posted on June 5, 2025 by craftycreeky

I entered two cushions in Otley show, they didn’t win anything as the judge was wanting piping apparently, but I’m pleased with them, First one to be made was using a panel from a kit by Raggedy Ruff Designs, I … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on June 2, 2025 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the late post and for it’s brevity! I was stripping wallpaper yesterday, planning to write my post afterwards. Unfortunately I somehow managed to break our Internet server so we have no internet until a new one arrives tomorrow…oops … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on May 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading →

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Otley Show

Posted on May 29, 2025 by craftycreeky

It was 214th Otley Show earlier in the month, Otley show is the oldest one day agricultural show in the country, it’s stuck to it’s rural roots with sheep, cows, shire horses etc and of course there’s the handicraft and … Continue reading →

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