sustainability Archives - Bliss and Blisters

Sewing

Still sewing my first garment collection

26. April 2022 By Simone Neumann

It‘s needleworkmonday and there are two direction how this post can go: One will destroy my newly found confidence in finishing craft projects and reveal my jittery self, lost in the depth of the evil starteritis, staggering aimlessly between several knitted sweaters, crochet cardigans and half-finished art projects. The other whereas will paint me in […]

Sewing

The sustainable statement shawl

1. December 2020 By Simone Neumann

Finally, Winter is coming (you may notice I haven’t re-watched Game of thrones for a long time, or I would not rejoice over signs of winter). Outside the air smells of burned wood and coldness, the roofs are white and frozen over and the grass is crisp and hard because every single drop of dew […]

Everything Else

The wallhangings of Hellen Nabukenya

6. October 2020 By Simone Neumann

Last week I presented you two fibre artist and their colourful works I per chance got to know on my short visit of Erfurt. And I promised you a second part with yet an even cooler artists: Hellen Nabukenya. Dear needleworkers grab all your yarnends, fabric scraps and tiny threads, after reading about Hellen Nabukenya […]

Sewing

Best tips to repair a bed linen

7. April 2020 By Simone Neumann

Today I will write extremely boring things… how to repair a bed linen. I will give you every detail, so that you can use this post as a sleeping pill.

Self-Help

repairing my activewear

2. April 2019 By Simone Neumann

The intro: some of you know I have migraines. I have them often, very often and I am always on the search for preventive measures which do not involve medication with side-effects even more gruesome than the migraine. One helpful action is action (sorry, for the only mildly funny pun). Precisely endurance training like jogging, […]

Crochet

The bloody scrubbies

19. March 2019 By Simone Neumann

Stress testing sustainable crochet scrubbies Look I crocheted some fossils. These are face scrubby fossils. They are made from organic sea shell which will purify your face by cutting away everything that’s reaches more than 2 mm over your skin. Like your nose or your eyelids… This purification will draw a bit of blood which […]