As you may know, I have started a little business. One of the main things I’m currently making a lot of is slippers (aka unicorn riding boots). I’ve made them in adult and child sizes, and used several different yarns. Even though I don’t normally review yarns, I thought a little post might be useful…… Continue reading One Pattern, Three Yarns
Even though it’s still September, it’s getting festive here, and this week’s crafts have mainly revolved around Christmas (or sparkles!) I’m in the middle of completing orders for snowmen baubles, there are only a couple more to make now. They do look like a jolly little crew; it’ll almost be sad to separate them when…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-27th September
Autumn is definitely setting in here (the weather has felt distinctly unsummery since the end of July!) and we’ve been making the most of the changing seasons. A few trees are dropping their leaves, the mornings are chilly and misty and we are starting to need to dig out coats for the school run. It’s…… Continue reading Spiders, Sparkles and Spinning
Monday’s school run was just like any other walk home, a route we’ve covered hundreds of times. However, it suddenly became different when we crossed the road and discovered a walnut under a tree. There was just the one-the others had either been picked up or run over by cars, or just hadn’t dropped off…… Continue reading Why Couldn’t There Just Have Been Two Walnuts?
This week I decided not to have a WIP Wednesday post, because all of my makes have been seen before! What I did decide to do though, was share some magic that happened last Thursday. I hadn’t had a call for work, so I was at home. I’d done the chores, including a very thorough…… Continue reading A Not WIP Wednesday Post, Featuring Fairy Dust
‘Never say never’ has been the theme for my week, as I’ve been trying different crafty things out whilst work has been quiet. Never is a pretty strong word, it’s not like I had anything against the things that I have tried, more that I had felt indifferent towards them and so I’d never really…… Continue reading Never Say Never
This week has been all about Christmas amigurimi and therefore the WIPs are mostly all now finished objects. I’m sharing them anyway because they are so cute, and the weather has been rubbish so it’s ok to talk about Christmas. (Hoping all my USA followers are safe following the hurricane.) I found this free pattern for Christmas…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-13th September
I try to keep my posts all about one thing and not mix up too much, but today I thought I’d break my own rule. First of all, I said in my WIP Wednesday that I’d post a photo of my latest finished project. It is a Lush cardigan by Tin Can Knits and it…… Continue reading An FO, a Sprout and a chat about Instagram
My needles have been on fire this week and I’ve managed to complete the Lush cardigan I started last Sunday. Today I sewed in the last of the ends and washed and blocked it. I haven’t got a photo of the completed cardigan as the recipient hasn’t seen it yet. Here’s one of the buttons…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-6th September
Yesterday I made a chutney using the last of our beetroot, but there wasn’t quite enough for any of the recipes I found and I didn’t see the point in reducing the quantities and making a tiny pan full as it seems to take just as long to be fully cooked anyway! I looked at…… Continue reading Recipe Post-Beetroot Chutney
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