Jo Avery – the Blog

Crochet Virus Shawl

I have been really enjoying knitting socks over the last few years (and shared a few pairs over here), but I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that my hand problem (inflamed tendons due to RSI) flairs up more with knitting than any other hand activity. However I love working with the self patterning

Text Embroidery and some more Matchstick Quilting

I’ve been busy launching our new myBearpaw prospectus over the last week. These are my workshops and evening courses from mid April till mid June. There are 5 new classes, four of them are for quilts and projects that I have made previously like this House Quilt and the Snowball Craft Bag. But I did

The Trials and Tribulations of Regia Teddy

Anyone that follows me on Instagram will have seen this Teddy taking shape over the last 6 weeks or so. But it hasn’t been a smooth ride, in fact near the end it got decidedly bumpy and I wondered whether Teddy would actually appear at all!  So let me tell you a little story, all