Zodiac Felties landed on our desks in the office recently and charmed us all. So much so, that a member of our intrepid foreign rights sales team (she’s in snowy Milan at this very moment) tried her hand at several of the projects. They turned [...]
Category Archives: Crafts & Hobbies
Feb 07, 2012
Projects from Sweat Shop The Book in Popular Crafts Magazine
Ivy Press team up with Popular Crafts magazine to bring you spring sewing inspiration with project patterns from The Sweat Shop Book. The Sweat Shop Book embodies the ‘less buying – more trying!’ spirit of the original Sweat Shop Sewing Cafe in Paris, with an an eclectic [...]
Jan 31, 2012
Knitivity at Liberty
If you’re near London’s Regent Street tomorrow, you may see our knitting queen, Fiona Goble, who will be in Liberty’s Christmas Shop from noon-3.00pm to chat, knit and sign copies of ‘Twas The Knits Before Christmas as well as her other seasonal knitting titles. [...]
Nov 18, 2011
Nov 11, 2011
The Twelve Knits of Christmas
It’s always a delight to be the first to open a box of Fiona’s newly knitted characters when they arrive in the office for a photo shoot. As we think about how we can make best use of them, they often seem to do [...]
Oct 03, 2011
‘Twas the Knits will be back!
For all those nifty knitters out there waiting to get their needles into action to craft a festive scene, the wait is almost over….‘Twas the Knits Before Christmas will be back in stock next week.
Sep 30, 2011
Paris homecoming for Sweat Shop book!
After the success of their Selfridges pop-up, our Paris-based authors are back in the 10th arrondissement and looking forward to celebrating their new book on home soil. Félicitations Martena et Sissi! If you happen to be in Paris on Monday, why not take a [...]
Sep 30, 2011
Shining light on Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Knits, Fiona Goble’s latest knitting masterpiece, will be landing in bookshops very shortly, which reminded me of a discussion we had about the book during its development. An eagle-eyed editor pointed out that our Ark featured several windows, while the King James Bible [...]
Sep 30, 2011
The Sweat Shop Book – Parisian café couture in London
Our authors of our new title The Sweat Shop Book, Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis, created a mini-version of their Parisian café couture Sweat Shop right in the middle of London. Martena and Sissi had a fantastic looking pop-up shop in Selfridges and were [...]
Sep 29, 2011
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