©Woolly Thoughts 2020
WOOLLY THINKING CD
How did we get into all this?
Where do the inspirations come from?
Why do we work this way?
Why are there no coloured pictures in our first books?
You will find the answers to all these and much more besides.
What you don't get:
Patterns. There are no patterns (except for two specially written toilet roll covers)
The CD does not replace Woolly Thoughts or Second Thoughts. It should be thought of as an add-
What you do get:
Things to Study
Lots and lots of photographs of garments under construction. Most of these relate to the descriptions and drawings in Woolly Thoughts and Second Thoughts. (Some of these photographs date back several years and were not taken with the intention of ever being public. The quality is not always of the highest but the methods are clear.)
Things to Read
A Blanket Canvas (60 pages/pdf version)
The story of our afghans from 1996 to 2001. There is a photo of each afghan we made during that period together with its story.
Picking Up Threads (152 pages/pdf version)
A personal story from childhood to New Year's Day 2007.
A Sheep Off The Old Flock (pdf version)
An autobaaography and study of lambguage. Silly cartoon and story book about Woolhelmina and her friends.
Things to Do
Let It Go To Your Head (pdf version)
Instruction booklet for making hats the Woolly Thoughts way. We have sold the original booklet, for many years. This pdf version has some extras which were made for our hat-
Mathemagical Mittens (pdf version) Instruction booklet for making mittens the Woolly Thoughts way.
5 Afghan design cards. Ideas for using simple half-
Square to Eternity toilet roll cover pattern.
Tilting at Windmills toilet roll cover pattern.
Things to See
12 PowerPoint presentations with photos and information. There are no patterns or instructions. These presentation were up-
Woolly Thoughts
Second Thoughts
Hats
Cushions
Games and Mazes
Optical Illusions
Space-
Number Pattern Afghans
Crochet Afghans
All Afghans
Cheshire Women's Institute photos
Schools' Afghans
Some slides appear in more than one presentation. There are many 'hidden' slides where you can read information about the Mathematics behind the designs.
At Home
Almost 100 photos of our home and local area
Necessary programs PowerPoint Viewer and Adobe Reader are included on the CD for you to install if you don't have them already.
Total price, including postage -
| Introduction |
| Photos |
| Penrose Table |
| Needle Gauges |
| Tribute |
| Little Yellow Duck Project |
| Outside our house |
| Inside our house |
| New Photos 2011 |
| Dialysis photos |
| Other tributes |
| Maths & Puzzles |
| Puppets |
| Sum Wear |
| Toilet Roll Covers |
| Jewellery Dolls |
| Cushy Numbers |
| Pillows of Wisdom |
| Flexagon Cushions |
| Other Cushions |
| Spirals |
| Sweaters - Introduction |
| Hats |
| Scarves & Shawls |
| Crochet Möbius |
| Mathemagical Mittens |
| Mathematical Slippers |
| Simply Circles |
| Roman Mosaics |
| Woolly Thoughts Sweaters |
| Second Thoughts Sweaters |
| More Second Thoughts Sweaters |
| Waistcoats |
| Baby Jackets |
| Irrationals |
| Optical Illusions |
| Hyperbolic Hats |
| Octohats |
| Klein Bottle Hats |
| Mufflermatics |
| The Imitation Game |
| To Bias Or Not To Bias |
| Mostly Holes |
| Enwrapture |
| Maelstrom |
| Windmills Poncho |
| Cats |
| Dogs |
| Sheep |
| Eggsentricities |
| On a Roll |
| Snakes |
| The Sequel |
| Cushion Conglomeration Caper |
| Where to find us |
| Workshops |
| Afghans for schools |
| Group projects |
| Illusion Knitting Tutorials |
| Photos & Comments |
| Want a workshop? |
| South Tynedale |
| Tregarth |
| St Alban's |
| West Jesmond |
| St Oswald's |
| Beckermet |
| Earth School |
| Other schools |
| Cheshire WI |
| East Yorkshire WI |
| Beds Alzheimers Soc |