A few years ago, I bought AJ a lovely soft jumper which she adored. It was 70% lambswool and 20% Angora. She wore it everywhere and refused to be parted from it, even at night. After a few weeks, it needed a wash. I waited until she was at school […]
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Aroma Dough and Felting Knitting
For Christmas, TF received a tub of Aroma Dough. If you haven’t come across this before, it contains six packages of coloured play dough which are scented with essential oils, such as lavender, eucalyptus and grapefruit. Each package has a theme like “Sweet Dreams”, “Motion Magic” and “Snuffle Dough”. As […]
Read moreThe Children’s Year book craftalong February
The end of February is fast approaching and my February Craft-Along project will be due soon. This month we are doing project 106 which is potato printing. Over the years, I have chopped and carved buckets of potatoes, apples, turnips and other vegetables, so that one or other of the […]
Read moreMake a second Small Change
Earlier this month, as my January Small Change, I started using homemade baby wipes again. These have worked out so well. The scent of the wet wipes alone make this small change worth doing, as far as I am concerned. Let’s face it, nappy changing needs all the help it […]
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