crafting

Here’s a lovely, quick pattern for making a dice pouch, created by Zoe Deterding especially for Glasgow 2024. It’s shown off here in the beautiful Alba Aether yarn, specially dyed for Glasgow by Lola Johnson of Third Vault Yarns. You can buy Alba Aether and Skein Dubh, Lola’s other colourway for Glasgow, at Third Vault

My method for making things without patterns regularly flummoxes people, but I thought I’d have a go at writing it down. The SEC Armadillo building is our amazing Glasgow 2024 venue. Because of this, the armadillo is one of our mascots. So, obviously, we needed a tartan armadillo! The first step is to analyse the

Hi, I’m Fiona and I make tiny things! Earlier on this blog I showed you how to make a tiny armadillo. In this entry, I’m going to share about one of my favourite tiny things to do: customising miniature diorama kits.  The kit I’ll be using is the “Roaming Around In Paris” box theatre kit: a

Today I’m sharing a pattern for a crochet wheelchair spoke cover I recently made! I took a basic pattern for a doily, altered the dimensions slightly and included a sun at the centre. I didn’t want the middle of my crochet piece to be rubbing against the centre of the wheel, so I took rings

Hi I’m Alex and I love making shields! I decided to make GIn2024 a foam shield that they could use on Fantables or maybe just to hang on someone’s wall. In this blog piece I’m going to show you how to make your very own shield! Ingredients and Equipment: Foam: I used a combination of

Today we have another fun crafting project for you! Bid artist Sara Felix has designed a lovely papercraft airship for us. Pick one up at a Glasgow in 2024 Fan Table near you, or download it as a PDF here: A4-sized pattern Letter-sized pattern When printing yourself, we recommend using a slightly heavier paper –

Hi, I’m Fiona, and I make tiny things! For the Glasgow in 2024 Alphabet of Armadillos, I made a tiny armadillo named Dot out of air-drying polymer clay. In this blog post, I’ll tell you how you can make your own penny-sized armadillo to keep at home or to send out on exciting missions around

I recently found a pile of Shrinky Dinks paper at the bottom of a drawer and thought to myself, “Oh, the possibilities!” No doubt this is the exact same thought I’d had when I put it in the drawer to begin with several years ago, but this time I was determined to make something with