This week, I have been completely stumped by my knitting. I have started the next square six times this week. Six times! Three different stitches and each time they have not worked. Part of the problem is that I am using a double knit yarn that must be the upper […]
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Library has grown up books, too!
After I picked up the children from school and childcare today, we headed into our nearby town to run some errands. We popped into the library, to pick up some books for the children. I wanted to look at fabric. The novelty of the fabric prints soon wears off for […]
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It rained today. I managed to finish preparing the soil in the extended kitchen garden bed. I would have planted it up today, but rain stopped play. I don’t mind gardening in the drizzle, but when it rains proper, the soil gets too sticky and my boots end up twice […]
Read moreIn celebration of the mundane
Have you ever noticed how a subtle theme can run through your day, without you really realising at the time? Whether its a colour, a mood or an object. Its not the star player. It wouldn’t make the headlines. Most likely it won’t even be noticed as, to be honest, […]
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