Allium Arts

08/03/2025

Time away
thank you for the invitation
Thank you for the inspiration
And the reminders to deeply sense the whole lotta woman I am

As says today.
Re-emerge .
And reconnect

04/02/2025

So is it time for another appeal? Who loves a raffle?

This time for - The Comforter Project

Looking to gain more supporters for our initial appeal which launched last month for bookings in April

Ask me a question if you have any and thanks for your support this far. Let’s see how many people we can support

Links at to donate
All supporters of our appeal will be placed into a raffle for this cape to be drawn in April
Allium Arts
Cath’s Capes

25/01/2025

on location at Lancaster Hospital

Speeding the love of craft

23/01/2025

It’s one of those kind of days, waiting for the storm

I missed so I’m doing my own

Off to hospital for another Comforter session visiting a relative. Who knew my first visits would be for my close family instead of wider community

21/01/2025

What are you giving yourself permission to do today?

When schedules allow, I deep dive into being an artist

And the more I do the more I want to

Prime Wellbeing Foundation
Allium Arts
Cath’s Capes

17/01/2025

What a great idea this is. A blanket of books

16/01/2025

Meanwhile over at another unique design for another piece for our Comforter Project

14/01/2025

What a great idea

14/01/2025

So this is big news. Link in post to donate and let’s see how many we can reach

It reminds me of the story about saving washed up starfish. When the child is told but you can’t save a whole beach full, she replies “ but I can save this one” as she returns it to the water

How many people will we reach? How many people can we help with ideas that are borne from our own recovery?

I for one am excited to find out. And thank you xx

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/caths-capes---the-comforter

And we are off. Please share, donate even a £1 and let’s see where this goes

And if you want to nominate anyone who would like to benefit please reach out

Thanks to everyone who has responded and I’m excited to see how many we can support

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/caths-capes---the-comforter

13/01/2025

Inspiration

Paintings in particular are vistas into our imagination

They offer us glimpses of other ways of being. Offering opportunity to see other ways of seeing

They remind us of places we have been or places yet to discover. They take us deep into our own unique experiences and offer chances of connection

Echoes of our souls deep knowing
And if you take the time, the visual becomes visceral

Painting credit: Barbara Hunt, Surge 1996

12/01/2025

I’m mastering sewing on the machine
Love EPP for making scrappy quilts
But doing fancy stitches has evaded me till now

A new year musing from Adam inspired me to pull me finger out and drop my shoulder into taking a stitch a day for the year

So after learning stitches such as stem and fly, I thought it’s time to challenge myself to applying it

06/01/2025

Taking bookings for

one to one
one to four
small groups or big events

let's see if 2025 can be the year you learn to crochet

from total beginners to advanced skill techniques

let's face it, without textiles we'd all be naked

03/01/2025

Gentle days
Being tender
Sensing a time before
A time to come

23/12/2024

Foundation laid
For a new pattern to emerge

Thank you - you are a goddess 💝

22/12/2024

Marking not just stitches

Legacy and heritage

This fused glass pendant was given to me by a lady I worked for, when I was a housekeeper in Cornwall. If you’ve never tried fused glass it’s such fun. Fiddly and some swearing later, you can get some great results. And it’s one of those activities when time just doesn’t exist. I once spent a whole morning selecting colours and making placements. And then the magic of opening the kiln. Pure joy

And my beloved Sennen Cove Gansey pattern, I haven’t forgotten you. When I launched “Fishing Yarns”, charting patterns of British Heritage knitting, there was no Instagram. So as I return to the patterns, I’ll share more

This is being knitted with Farm to Yarn wool (not on Insta) from sheep fleece from AONB Arnside and Silverdale by Kate Schofield, a lady I’ve know since moving to the North West in 2012.

And what will it be? All will be revealed soon

21/12/2024

What else do you do when you are waiting in the van, in the pouring rain, waiting for someone to come back from the shops, praying and hoping the frozen items are still frozen by the time you get to your destination!

And really weird, knitting on long straight needles. I realise I have been in a circular mode these past few months and excited to be knitting one of my favourites. There is something about sticking to the traditional pattern but yet something exciting about redesign.

Watch out for what will be the latest

20/12/2024

Colour and texture
On grey winter days
Reminding me of Summer Sun
And textured earth after harvests

Textiles, more than just keeping us clothed

20/12/2024

Nothing is ever wasted

I rediscovered some a Fish and Chip Jumpers and hats from our Canvas and Thread events and sent them to Rachel for their appeal. They are making puppets to send to India and appealing for hats and scarves for Sea Farers

Oh how I’d love to return to India, maybe I’ll do the deliver. And maybe the scarves for Sea Farers will be adorned with the patterns of the British Isles, our heritage in stitches

Cath s Capes made for Barrow Food Bank Winter appeal winging their way to new homes and more wool donations to sort.

And when you re getting to the end of your yarn and need a stronghold, top of boot will do.