Winter makes me want to convert all the lurking balls of wool I have, into something that the family can wear. My current project admittedly meant a trip to the wool shop in Wells, so the yarn didn’t lurk for long this time. It needed to be anti-tickle yarn. The […]
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A Jolly Good Egg!
After what seems like months of no eggs, one of our old girls have laid. Yeh! Not bad considering that there’s not a spring chicken among them. Five hens aged between 3 and 6 years old. Maybe they are feeling the days drawing out again.
Read moreSkirt to tunic in next to no time.
Back in the summer, my mother passed on a skirt to me for “crafting”. It was long and swishy, but just didn’t hang right. It sat on the shelf, whilst I considered its future. The print is fun, so I knew the fabric could be used for something, but what? […]
Read moreSometimes handmade socks are like buses….
….because you wait two years and then two pairs turn up! I finished off two pairs of socks within 12 hours, this week. Both pairs for my very patient husband. Very patient. The striped pair was started almost two years ago. Variegated yarn is fun to knit with, but the […]
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