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THE LATEST FROM THE WORLD OF HANDMADE 10 Mollie loves What’s new in craft and design 14 Latest crush Shop and make the tartan trend 18 Rug hooked stocking Treat yourself to a yarny masterpiece 26 Meet the maker Get to know florist duo Worm London 32 Crochet wrap A cosy, tasselled essential for autumn 37 Shoe patches For jazzing up your go-to flats 40 Good read How to sell your makes this Christmas
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43 Get the look We’re obsessed with cosy country retreats this month
76 Plant dyed backpack Forage for acorns and ferns, then try natural dyeing and leaf printing
46 At home with… Take a tour of Rose Cottage, crocheter Hollie Evans’ modern farmhouse abode
81 Christmas papercut An candy cane forest wall art piece
55 Woven chair Update a vintage cane classic with colourful knots and tassels 58 Advent baubles Count down to the 24th with a set of gilded painterly ornaments 63 Scented soaps A sweet-smelling foamy trio to make as gifts, impress your house guests or to help you get your spa on
84 Kids’ jersey pyjamas Sew a fresh set of cotton jammies as a Christmas Eve treat for littlies 89 Festive amigurumi cuties Hot choc, pud and a sprout to hook 96 Templates All the shapes for this issue’s makes 106 Tea and a chat Tatty Devine share why they’re so passionate about collaborations
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LATEST CRUSH STAYING IN CHECK Your favourite trad weave just got a new season update. Mix and match patterns, opt for statement shades, or layer tartan on tartan for the ultimate catwalk look. Giving a classic a fresh new feel – we like.
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01 Too demure to go full Clueless? Statement coat it. www.dorothyperkins.com 02 Esther Ellard’s abstract risograph gets top marks for check mystique. www.trouva.com 03 Brass legs and big checks – send them our way. www.anthropologie.com 04 Autumnal, pure wool and plaid to the bone. www.printerandtailor.com
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All I want for Christmas Make all your yarn-based dreams come true with Lucy Rowan’s tactile stocking
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WELCOME TO THE FLOWERFILLED WORLD OF TERRI CHANDLER AND KATIE SMYTH, WHO DITCHED THEIR CAREERS IN FAVOUR OF INDEPENDENCE
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rowing up separately in Southern Ireland, Terri and Katie spent their days reading books and playing in grassy meadows surrounded by a wild and natural landscape that left a lasting impression. Fast forward a few decades and Terri was working as an actress in London, having moved to the UK several years earlier, while stylist Katie was new to the city and looking for a challenge. After meeting through a mutual friend and deciding they’d love to work for themselves, the pair took the brave move to quit their jobs and retrain as florists. A unique pairing of literature and floristry, their company Worm is a flower studio with a difference. Taking inspiration from the “imperfect” flowers of their childhood, Terri and Katie have a style that beams with personality. Since setting up, they’ve grown a huge following on Instagram, count Burberry, M&S and Harper’s Bazaar among their clients, and have even released their own book, Wreaths: Fresh, Foraged & Dried Floral Arrangements. We met them at their city studio to talk teamwork, hoarding, and their love of wonky flowers. Where did it all begin? K&T: We were working in other industries and although they were creative, we weren’t feeling fulfilled. We were heading into our thirties and realising that, as women, when we started to have children we wouldn’t have stability in the jobs we were in. We wanted to be able to do both, and thought if we were ever going to do it, it had to be then. How did you learn floristry? Katie: We got places on a basic floristry course to see if we were any good. It wasn’t expensive – just one day a week for a few months, learning the basics. We went to the flower market once a week to pick
Terri and Katie are inspired by the “wild, imperfect” flowers they grew up with on the coast of Southern Ireland.
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Baubles for days Give your Christmas countdown a seriously grown-up feel with Mary-Ann Aveline’s Advent ornaments
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HOW HOLLIE EVANS TURNED A TUMBLEDOWN FARMHOUSE INTO A MODERN COUNTRY COTTAGE
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hen Hollie Flower Evans and husband Dylan bought Rose Cottage five years ago it had been empty for eight years and, because of a flood, the floors downstairs were rubble. Enough of a big job to tackle? Not for this fearless pair. “We moved here in 2013 and took most of the summer off,” Hollie recalls. The first six weeks were spent renovating the cottage while we slept in a tent in the orchard. But then we planned to get married in the village church and have our wedding party here at the cottage, so it had to be habitable! The night before our wedding was the first night we slept here, and I painted our bedroom floor white the morning of our big day.” Anyone who’s undertaken either a wedding or a renovation project will know how completely terrifying this sounds. Hollie and Dylan, who were blindsided by love for each other and for the cottage, took it in their stride. “The first month, I swanned around the orchards and paddocks like Anne of Green Gables – I just loved it here so much!” laughs Hollie. This 250-year-old house was originally a ‘long house’, meaning it was only one room long with the family living upstairs and the animals downstairs. But while Hollie and Dylan’s extensive menagerie does include two dogs, a cat, a rescue pig, four chickens and two cockerels, the ground floor is definitely for family living. A bright and airy kitchen is the newest addition to the cottage, and Dylan cleverly unearthed one of the oldest. “In the living room there was a big flat wall with a concrete storage heater on it,” says
“The first six weeks were spent renovating while we slept in a tent in the orchard!”
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