Pom-Pom Tastic!
Pom-poms are fantastic, very easy to make and you don’t need any fancy equipment either – just a pair of...
Kids Half Term Sessions
Our kids activities for February Half Term are now bookable online. Here is the full list please use our crafty...
February Weekend Workshops
We have so many great workshops coming up every weekend in February that I just had to write about it...
Karen’s Cats
Just a quick and a little sad note about my cat babies, as you may already know they have both...
StraightCurves Advent Calendar 2018
Each day in December for our advent calendar we will be posting a little something for you on our facebook...
Christmas Children’s Activities
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for Christmas Holiday are now bookable online, why not take...
Crochet Virus Shawl – UK Translation
Having stumbled over this gorgeous free crochet shawl pattern while researching my wedding I could not leave it unmade with...
October Half Term Children’s Activities
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for October Half Term are now bookable online, why not...
Working with 4 ply yarn…
4 ply quite frankly is something that never appealed to me and was a little scary too, however I do...
New After School Clubs for September 2018!
We are so excited about our new programme of after school clubs at the studio, there are not one but...
Crochet in Callela
Hello, Its be a busy few weeks in the studio catching up before and after my holiday in Callela but...
Children’s Summer Holiday 2018
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for the summer holiday are now bookable online, why not...
On and Off the Hook
Best laid plans and all that. When we first got the new website that was nearly a year ago now,...
You Spin Me Right Round….
LINK TO CROWDFUNDER We would love to be able to afford to hold stock of Stylecraft’s Batik Swirls in the...
Children’s May Half Term Workshops
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for May Half Term are now bookable online, why not...
Derbyshire Open Arts Week
We have so much planned for our first ever Derbyshire Open Arts Week combined with our 5th Birthday Celebrations that...
Our Egg-cellent Competition Winners
….drum roll please… and yet again we have multiple competition winners! This time not at all down to me being...
Introducing the NO SEW StraightCurves Poppy!
As you probably know already we are supporting the Chesterfield poppy cascade and as I’m not keen on sewing woolly...
Children’s Easter Holiday Workshops
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for the Easter Holiday are now bookable online, why not...
Chesterfield Community Poppy Cascade
Chesterfield Council are planning something big and you can help by crafting something small. They need thousands of woolly poppies...
Children’s Half Term Workshops
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 for February half term are now bookable online, why not...
Twelve Days of Christmas…
To celebrate our fifth Christmas as StraightCurves we are doing 12 days of promotions and offers. More details to...
Reading to Happiness: Why Books Are Good for You
In our manic modern world, it’s more important than ever to make time for hobbies. Studies have shown that leisure...
Children’s Christmas Workshops
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 are no bookable online, why not take a look at...
15 Good Reasons to Start Dressmaking
I have always been a dressmaker since being a young teenager, a lady called Janet, a friend of my parents,...
October Half Term – Packed with spooky crafty fun!
All our fantastic activities for those aged 2 to 102 are no bookable online, why not take a look at...
Lisa’s Tutor Tales – 5 reasons for Art Journalling
I have been art journaling now for 11 years and I still often get asked what is it? why do...
Get Crafty for Ashgate!
Earlier this year I was approached by Ashgate Hospicecare about an exciting project involving some of my favourite c words…...
All Caked Out…
Don’t worry I’m not talking about having eaten too much cake – as I’m not really sure that is possible...
Beat Those Back to School Blues…
Not long til the children will be heading back to school and our after school clubs are getting better and...