Well, it’s been a long time since I last posted and today is Halloween. Autumn is finally upon us, after a lot of unseasonably warm weather (not that anyone was complaining ), and the countdown to Christmas has begun! I finally managed to finish my Banyan shawl last month and I’m so pleased with it.  I have… Continue reading Happy Halloween!

I’ve been feeling really poorly this past week with some sort of horrendous flu type thing. It left me feeling completely drained and pretty miserable, but I’m starting to feel myself again now, thank goodness. The only good thing that came of it was losing five pounds in about three days, but no doubt that… Continue reading New stuff…

So, since finishing my Rose City Rollers, I’ve been trying to decide what to do next. Of course, I’m still working on my Banyan Shawl (I’ve now completed all the charted lace and am up to the short row wedges) and I’m still basting hexies, which I’m stock piling before deciding how to piece them… Continue reading Decisions, decisions…

I finally have a finished pair of socks to share – my Rose City Rollers I started early last month. These were actually a very quick knit, but I’ve been only picking them up every now and again in between other projects. I knit them using Whistlebare Cuthbert’s Sock Yarn in the Sweet Saints Heart colour way I received… Continue reading Rose City Rollers

Today was a beautiful morning for a dog walk and the meadows and fields we amble through were looking particularly pretty and vibrant. The bees were buzzing, the butterflies flitting and the animals and birds were busy going about their daily chores. It was the type of morning that makes you glad to be alive… Continue reading Wildflower walk

I was very excited to receive my first ever Ysolda Teague club package way back in February and when I saw the gorgeous Triskelion yarn Ysolda had supplied, I was even happier. The colour – a rich, glowing green – is right up my street and I immediately wound the skein into a ball ready to start. Then… Continue reading Banyan progress

As I’m sitting here writing this, the rain is coming down incessantly outside – such is the stuff of English summers! Yet despite the rain (or perhaps, because of it), the garden is blooming and between the heavy downpours, the bees are hard at work. I love the garden at this time of year, though… Continue reading English summers…

My two eldest are off on a school trip tomorrow and both are very excited about it. I decided to make it ‘extra special’ by making a few goodies to pop in their lunch boxes for them. Now, I’m not the best cook by any stretch of the imagination, but my children generally enjoy my… Continue reading Cake pops and cupcakes