Author: Jane Shaw
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Exploring the Joys of Daily Knitting
Following on from my post about knitting and benefits I have seen these two articles this week How knitting can help your mental health and Gift of knitting And also a couple of videos Dr Xand and knitting and a wonderful gift I have so far managed to knit every day in March, some days…
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Join the Knitting Movement to Support Dementia Research
I decided I would join in the Alzheimer’s research knit every day in March, partly to spur me on with my knitting, which in recent months has been crucial to my mental health, to focus on making the twiddle muffs and toys that I have been wanting to make for people with Dementia at my…
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Outlawz Twisted Challenge March 2026
The challenge for March twisted challenge at Outlawz is set by me. It is a greetings theme and I chose Mother’s day or something for a special lady. Mother’s Day in the UK is 15th March this year, it is a different date in some other countries. I saw a lovely card idea by Cindy…
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Outlawz Anything But a Card Challenge March 2026
For this challenge I chose a knitted project in preparation for an event I am taking part in during March, Knit every day in March for Alzheimer’s research. For the challenge I will be knitting Twiddle muffs, twiddle toys and twiddle bags for dementia residents at my local care home. I am not a fast…
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Outlawz Twisted Challenge February 2026 Project 2
For the mid challenge reminder on Outlawz Twisted (colour) challenge I used the same colour palette and blocks theme from this image I chose a quick and simple design using shades of pink to make a card that can be used for many occasions, birthday, Mother’s Day, baby girl, thinking of you….. The picture is…
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Outlawz Twisted Challenge February 2026
Colour Challenge The Outlawz Twisted Challenge for February is a colour challenge based on this image With Valentine’s day just around the corner I decided to make a heart themed card. I used a heart mandala design by Jennifer Maker cut with my Cricut Explore 4 and using shades of pink cardstock. To use the…
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Outlawz Anything But a Card Challenge – February 2026
The Outlawz Anything But a Card challenge for February does not have a theme, so anything goes. I knew I wanted to make something heart themed as February is Valentine’s month. It’s a long time since I celebrated Valentine’s day, but my husband and I still exchange cards and gifts (if he remembers!) I had…
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Twisted
January Song and Rhyme project 2 On the Outlawz Twisted challenge there is a reminder post mid month and some more inspiration from the design team. Based on the same song The Bee I used a design from Cricut design space from a designer called Gail Komm, the image is cut with my Cricut Explore…
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Key Dates for UK Celebrations: Crafting Inspiration
Do you like making themed crafts? There are many celebration days and holidays around the world. Dates for the UK are as follows; January 1st New Years DayJanuary 5th 12th NightJanuary 25th Burns Night February 14th Valentine’s DayFebruary 17th Shrove TuesdayFebruary 17th Chinese New Year (year of the Horse) March 1st St David’s DayMarch 15th…
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Anything But A Card
January – Deja Vu The Outlawz challenge website is changing and we now have new categories beginning on January 1st 2026. There are less categories and each challenge will be monthly starting on 1st of the month. I am on the design team for two of the categories, Anything but a card, ABAC and Twisted.…