Craft | The Guardian (original) (raw)
February 2025
Other lives
Liz Walker obituary
Other lives: Waxworks creator whose Walkers Tussauds business ran tourist attractions across the UK
I thought I understood my late father. Then I was forced to spend lockdown in his home
My family and I went to Shetland for my dad’s funeral – and the world suddenly shut down. Overwhelmed by his presence in the house, I found my perspective on our relationship starting to shift
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: I wanted to retire from farming – but never dreamed I would become an artist
On holiday in the American south, John Ingall discovered that one of the local crops was being turned into remarkable works of art. So he went home, grew his own gourds and set about transforming them – and himself
January 2025
I have lost all faith in zips
Adrian Chiles
The only thing worse than spending a fortune on a coat you don’t really need is spending a fortune on a coat you don’t really need, then damaging it, then discovering that no one wants to fix it, says Adrian Chiles
Design news: a vertical forest, cat robots and Midlands craft
The profound documentary on building, a celebration of Milan’s Bosco Verticale and a Czech museum dedicated to Mucha
‘Knitting is a lifeline’: young people turn to craft to cast off gloom
‘Clear creative abuse’: UK gravestone carvers condemn blatant reproduction of their designs
‘The minimalists are wrong!’ My biggest decluttering regret
Jasper Peach
December 2024
Design highlights 2024: ‘This is sorcery level craft!’
From nan ornaments to an African pounding table, our panel of creative experts pick their favourite designs from the last 12 months
Knitting with dog hair was a craze in the 90s – let’s make it happen again
Clothes made from a canine you know are much more special than clothes from an anonymous sheep
Embrace the fog, savour the dawn, light up your home: readers’ top 10 tips for combating winter gloom
Guardian readers share their tried and tested ways to brighten up the darkest, dampest days
November 2024
Queer quilts, rebellious knitting and political pants: the radical world of textiles
Other lives
Rosalie Williams obituary
The Filter
Best Christmas gifts for tweens, as chosen by 9- to 12-year-olds themselves, from Jellycat toys to slime
Other lives
Sarah Lewis obituary
‘We don’t need fashion’: Sewing Bee host criticises British brand Burberry
Finding escape, sustainability and a sense of satisfaction on a sewing retreat
A ripping yarn: Olympian Tom Daley opens knitting exhibition in Japan
October 2024
October design news: a teeny tiny toffee, rag rugs and $1 watches
Wool webs, faceless mannequins and creepy lights: five budget Halloween decoration ideas that won’t cost the Earth
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