Well, December days have dashed by and Christmas is upon us, which I shouldn't really be surprised about seeing as this year has fairly whooshed by. Are you ready? I'm not far off being so and I have today and tomorrow to catch up with everything that needs to be done. My deadline is 3pm… Continue reading merry Christmas x
Year: 2013
blanket making
Earlier in the year I started on a new blanket project with the aim of making one square a day, but what with one thing and another it has ended up being more like one square a week! Today it is cold and windy outside so I've dug out my basket of blankety squares and… Continue reading blanket making
a prickle of hedgehogs
The half term holiday has come and gone and what a wet and windy week it was too, starting off as it did with the St Jude's day storm. We woke at dawn on the Monday to feel the house vibrating with the force of the winds and just in time to hear and see… Continue reading a prickle of hedgehogs
autumnal animals, photo contest
Photo and graphics copyright & courtesy of Tausigma Just popping in quickly to say that over on the Little Cotton Rabbits Ravelry group the second photo contest has begun. If you'd like to enter a picture of an animal that you've made from any little cotton rabbits pattern then pop over and take… Continue reading autumnal animals, photo contest
autumn knitting
The last couple of days have been the perfect autumn kind - misty mornings with dew festooned cobwebs... ...dissolving into warm days of sunshine that sparkles through the rich colours of the leaves. I'm so glad to live somewhere that has four distinct seasons, each one bringing changes in what we eat,… Continue reading autumn knitting
in my knitting bag
I don't know where the days have gone recently. It seems such a short while since the children went back to school and yet here we are in October already. All of those long and wonderfully warm sunny days are gone for this year and though autumn is always a favourite time for me I… Continue reading in my knitting bag
snippets of summer: knitting
I started writing this post back in August but the school summer hols got the better of me and it didn't get finished so I thought I'd show you now some of the things I started knitting over the summer. As is usual for me in the hottest time of the year I started some… Continue reading snippets of summer: knitting
knitting and catching up
Thanks so very much for all of the comments on my giveaway post. I've really enjoyed reading all of the different ways in which we each take pleasure in our free time. I've left the choice of winners to the random number generator (see bottom of post) which has come up with... 359 Farm From… Continue reading knitting and catching up
7 years
Hello again. It's nice to be back now that the children are at school again. It's been longer than I planned since I popped in here and I had intended to write another couple of blog posts over the school summer hols but circumstances conspired to keep me away from the computer. I will write… Continue reading 7 years
snippets of summer: garden
I'm afraid I'm not getting much computer time at the moment - young master Toby has other ideas for keeping me busy. Today though he is elsewhere so I thought I'd pop in and show you some snippets of recent days in the garden. We've been...lazing in the hot sunny weather and blue summer skies… Continue reading snippets of summer: garden