On our way to school, we pass a tree which catches my eye every time. I look forward to seeing it each time. It’s branches sweep over a hedge, allowing it’s leaves to flap over the road like it’s trying to flag us down. The colours are beautiful. This weekend, […]
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Saving the piano stool
A while back, I picked up a prinker ink stained, piano stool. I found it through Freegle, which is our local free site to save items from the land fill. Someone from the village, had been storing it in her attic and she no longer wanted it. The stool is […]
Read moreLeap Day Tree
Seeing as leap day is on a Saturday this year, I thought it would be a perfect excuse to do something good and as a family. It always feels like an extra, free day to me. We had to mark it in some way. So we packed everyone and the […]
Read moreSo she knitted a humble dishcloth
I finished knitting a cotton dishcloth. (pattern instructions here) Haven’t made one of these for ages, partly because they last so long. No need to replace them that often. This one is a garter stitch corner-to-corner. It is a quick knit, using 100% cotton yarn. The cotton is variegated, which […]
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