My knitting hasn't been out of the work basket recently, as I have signed up for a City and Guild course in patchwork and quilting. It...

I have just put my Celebration Cake pattern on my etsy shop , it is also available to download on Ravelry . Many thanks to aewsimmons and ...

The weather has taking a turn for the better here. In our street there has been a frenzy of activity after the wet summer - hedge clippers...

Schools back and I now have loads of free time to catch up with things put on hold for the last two months.This morning, I got round to ty...

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I cant believe that last Thursday, one minute I was sunning myself in Hyde Park and the next I was wandering round Harrods Christmas s...

I'm just back from a trip to London. While I was there I spent a morning in Liberty of London, Regent Street. ...

A new baby is a good excuse to run down to the toy shop to shake the rattles, squeak the squeaky animals and fondle the soft toys. Also a ...

Its raining in Belfast again today. Yesterday, the sun made a rare appearance and being up in the North Coast we would usually have headed...

I thought I would have a go at a few different decorative knitting stitches.....I found this pattern Leftovers Headband which uses a nice...

I love these daisies....hence my user name.......they are indestructible , they can thrive in the most adverse of conditions tilting towa...

My father cleared out the glory hole recently and all my old toys reemerged. I was presented with a very sooty dolls house. After g...

I haven't been in Dublin for many years. Last time I visited, there were punts not euros and a bomb scare on the Belfast to Dublin tra...

Feeling a bit stressed out yesterday I went for a walk in the local forest park. It is a lovely place for a walk, cool on a hot day and sh...

I eventually got round to typing up the pattern for the strawberries. It is available on a printable pdf document, click here . Be wa...

I have just listed a new tart pattern on my etsy shop. It gives instructions to knit up three different types of tart. * classic jam ...

I love picking items for a Treasury on etsy, it is a bit like window shopping and there are so many great things to choose from. A Treasur...

I was ordering business cards from moo.com and decided to have some of my knitted bun photos printed onto the front of postcards. I am wel...

With the settled spell of weather I decided to have the annual dyeing frenzy. Dyeing for me is not an exact science - whatever happ...

I was sitting in the garden yesterday evening, watching the garden grow, something caught me eye........a tiny field mouse staggered from ...