Best Way to Celebrate our Knotty 6th Birthday!

"Happy Birthday to you,

  Happy Birthday to you.

  Happy Birthday to Knotty Bicsie,

  Happy Birthday to you!" :)

Every year on our Anniversary month, we are always VERY BUSY. This year is no exception. Besides our ongoing workshops & usual custom orders, we've been burning more midnight oil to prepare for our Knotty Handmade-A-Fair & also for our annual "pilgrimage" to participate in Hwa Chong Institute's Sabbatical Programs.

This year's Knotty Handmade-A-Fair was quite a bit of challenge for me. A chain of events kinda hit on me at the most untimely hours... First of all was our decision to withdraw our girl from her childcare because of numerous incidences that happened obviously due to teacher negligence. Hence I had to re-schedule all my classes to Sat, Sun & Mon, so I can homeschool Edda from Tues-Fri. This leaves me with the nights to prepare teaching resources & also to work on your orders. No doubt rewarding (both working on your wonderful orders & also homeschooling Edda), there is afterall a limit to what we can do. My body finally protest & I was down with bronchitis just 2days before Knotty Handmade-A-Fair!!! There cannot be any worse timing for this to happen, right?!?! :(

All thanks to our wonderful crafty friends, Knotty Elves & hubby, who were holding the fortress on our BIG DAY, Knotty Handmade-A-Fair was yet another HUGE success! Yippee...! :) View more photos of the day on our facebook fanpage . Thankfully, I was also blessed with a very quick recovery. In fact, I was feeling so much better by the actual day, I was able to mingle & chit-chat with our Knotty Fans :)

Immediately after Knotty Handmade-A-Fair, I was kept extremely busy preparing materials & resources for our workshops at Hwa Chong Institute (HCI). This year we offer 5 different workshops:

Funky Knit

Crochet Craze

Basic Shuttle Tatting

Rubber Stamp Carving

Miniature Basket of Bread

This is the first time we are offering Crochet Craze to such a big group of participants. I was conservative & cap the class size to a max of 12participants, & provided 2instructors for the workshop. Well, some of u might have noticed by now that it is not easy to find teacher willing to teach crochet; & for those of u who only just picked up crochet, or even tried teaching crochet, will know that crochet is not easy to pick up for most beginner. Lotsa personal attention needs to be given to be able to teach crochet properly. I'm proud to say that the "success rate" of our workshops so far (including Crochet Craze who are left-handed) has been a glorious 100%! Woohoo...! :D And our 1st big class of Crochet Craze was a hit too! This surely boost my confidence & I'm so gonna propose for a bigger class next year! :)

October is definitely Knotty Bicsie's favourite month of the year! Our Anniversary month is always so jam-packed with exciting activities, & we get to meet so many new Knotty Fans, plus all Knotty Elves & our crafty friends get to gather & catch up too! Truly grateful for all the love & support from all of you. These SIX years could not be possible without each & everyone of you. THANK YOU!!! Knotty Bicsie will continue to wriggle our fingers & bring you more fantastic Knotty stuffs! ;D

Special Announcement!

Due to popular requests, Tatting Workshop is postponed to a later date. Details as follows:

Tatting Workshop (2-day Workshop)

Dates: Sundays, 16th & 23rd January 2011

Time: 2-5pm

Fees: S$65.00, INCLUDES tools & materials

Closing Date for Registration: 10th January 2011

Email bicsie@gmail.com your Full Name & Contact Number to register.

Knotty Bicsie Handmade-A-Fair 2010

For this year's Handmade-A-Fair, instead of showcasing crafters like last year, Knotty Bicsie will be showcasing a group of talented instructors who are dedicated to share their passion & craft :) There are limited seats for every workshops. So do sign up early to avoid disappointment. Closing date for registration: 5th Dec 2010

- Introductory Funky Knit (coaster)

- Tatting for X'mas (shuttle tatting)

- My Mini Garden (terrarium)

- Angelically Yours (Swarovski crystal beading)

- Little House Cushion (sewing. pin cushion)

- Bead-It-Your-Way! A Charming Time (bag charm)

- Bead-It-Your-Way! A Nostalgic Session (photo locket necklace)

Tatting for X'mas by SingTatter

Shuttle tatting is a centuries-old art of making fine laces. The lace consists almost entirely of double stitches or knots made using a shuttle, taking the form of rings & chains, & decorated with picots. Learn to shuttle tat & tat simple motifs for X’mas from Ellen Lai, founder of SingTatter Corner. Motifs may include simple snowflake, angel, bell & holly.

To register, pls email me your Full Name, Contact Number, & Name of Workshop you are signing up for. Email: bicsie@gmail.com

Closing Date: 5th Dec 2010

Coming Soon...

Look out for details in the coming week... :)

Workshops to look out for:

- Introductory Funky Knit (coaster)

- Tatting for X'mas

- Bead It Your Way! A Charming Time (bag charm)

- Bead It Your Way! A Nostalgic Session (locket necklace)

- Terrarium. My Mini Garden

- Angelically Yours (swaroski crystal beading)

- Little House Cushion (pin cushion)

New!!! Shuttle Tatting Workshop with Knotty Bicsie

Shuttle tatting has always been very fascinating to me. I'm real lucky to have found a very skillful & fantastic instructor to come on board Knotty Bicsie Crafting Studio. Ellen joined us for the 1st time in our collaboration with Hwa Chong Institution (College). Her shuttle tatting session has been well-received & we're in the process of making shuttle tatting workshop officially part of Knotty Bicsie Crafting Studio. So do look out for the launch of the workshop in Nov 2010! ;)

"Excellent lesson! Instructor was very patient in explaining the methods. Very (x1000) interesting & creative tats, new skill learnt. Great eye-opener :D" - Qiu Li

"Thanks for the exposure. It was interesting :) Thanks for being immensely patient with us too! You're talented! :)" - Hong Kai

"A great eye-opener to tatting! :) the instructor was very kind & patient." - Valerie

"It's quite fun & therapeutic. I like tying chains & rings :)" - Elizabeth

"Very interesting cultural handiwork. Love the exoticness, but highly skilled activity. Can practice making friendship bands & such nice takeaways." - Hui Li

"Shuttle tatting is quite fun &interesting. But it's very tiring to look at / do :) Completing pieces give you a sense of satisfaction." - Kelly

"It's quite interesting :)" - Jacqueline

"It's actually quite fun & the tats are really delicate & pretty, but I can't really do it 'coz I'm bad with handicraft." - Jinny

"Quite interesting. maybe it should be extended to a 2-day course because 1 day is not enough to begin it properly & it's too tiring." - Suat Ying

"Interesting to learn. 2-day module will be better." - Huijun

"Tatting is difficult but interesting." - Peiqi

"It's an interesting course. Thanks so much!" - Chen Minne

"Course is interesting, but there could have been more intervals in between." - Priscilla

"Interesting course & helpful instructor." - Cerlyn

"Should have used visualizer to demonstrate. Can be prolonged to 2 days in order to complete product. Interesting!" - Cheryl

"Very fun! eye-opening! Could have done more products." - Charlotte

"Very clear & easy to follow instructions. Very understanding, patient & friendly teacher :D Fun & interesting! :D" - Shermaine