On the last day of term I sent in my usual teacher christmas presents of peppermint bark we made some cakes for a charity fundraiser, and went a bit mad with the edible glitter H assembled our Christmas tree (with much cursing at the fact that all the colour coded stickers had… Continue reading christmassy snippets
Year: 2012
seasons greetings
Well, we're in the last few days before the school Christmas holidays start so I wanted to wish you all happy holidays before I disappear for a week or so. Our tree will go up once the children are home from the last school day and then we'll start our celebrations. I hope that you… Continue reading seasons greetings
ingredients of a happy morning
the bright, clear light of a cold winter's day, smelling the woodsmoke from the fire in the stove, knitting up a pattern that is well written and clever*, listening to Chill on my radio eating hot buttered toast with tangerine marmalade and drinking a good strong cup of English Breakfast tea, with one… Continue reading ingredients of a happy morning
packing
Well, the last batch of little cotton rabbits (and friends) for this year are being bedded down in their tissue paper and wrapping and getting ready to be sent off to new homes. I think the annual Christmas batch with their nordic clothing are the ones that I most enjoy working on and I… Continue reading packing
Christmas Jumper Day
Thanks for all the kind comments about Amy's singing in the previous post - she is suitably embarrassed and actually not giving me too much grief (which might have something to do with me reminding her that I could have published the picture of her sitting on her potty in just a princess crown!) Anyway,… Continue reading Christmas Jumper Day
singing
My daughter is nothing like me. For a start she can sing, I mean really sing, in a voice that is clear and true and that won her first prize in a talent competition at her junior school a couple of years ago. My voice on the other hand defies description (and not in a… Continue reading singing
wristwarmers
So, like I said I have had a bit of an obsession with sock yarn lately and have amassed quite a stash. It was relief to see lots of comments on the previous post from fellow yarn stashers - thanks for all the tips on concealing yarn and justifying stash size to unappreciative partners! Thanks… Continue reading wristwarmers
a finished misty afghan
During the darker, colder evenings of last week I managed to finish off the misty afghan. If I'm honest I am a bit previous in saying 'finish off' because I'm ignoring the fact that there are still lots of ends to sew in on the back. From the front it looks finished though... … Continue reading a finished misty afghan
autumn attire (part 2)
Thanks to everyone for visiting despite my absence over the last couple of weeks and for welcoming me back with your kind comments. Like I said there has been a lot of knitty stuff going on here in between family stuff and lots of it is autumny in feel. Unlike the sweater in the last… Continue reading autumn attire (part 2)
autumn attire
Hello again. It's been too long, how are things with you? Here life has been meandering along full of the usual stuff, infact it has been a bit more full than usual owing to the half term school break last week, which accounts for my absence. Amy was in a play at the local theatre… Continue reading autumn attire