Many many thanks for those who visited my blog in 2012. I hope you were able to make use of the free patterns and craft ideas. Pleas...

Christmas is not my favourite time of the year, but for those who enjoy the festivities have a great time. For others like myself......

My son is quite grown up now....but not too old to enjoy wearing his monster slippers - a birthday present. I do like to knit him a...

OK so maybe I'm a bit late putting up the tree this year. Things are running a bit behind schedule due to various flus and illnesses wh...

My son celebrated his 16th birthday this week. I cant believe he is so grown up and is now taller than me - much to his delight, I think I ...

One thing I love about the run up to Christmas is the market at the front of the City Hall.   I remembered to take my camera this yea...

A friend who knows I like novelty knits, sent me a link for a hexaflexacube cushion. Here's one side of it.....   It is in fact ...

If you have some eyelash yarn in your stash a good way of using it up is to make some beads. The yarn is melted and the result is an intere...

I saw a photo of a crocheted spider web recently on facebook and wanted to have a go making one. After having a hunt on Ravelry found a gre...

I have just written up a pattern for a wee penguin - see below. He is just about 9 cms (3.5ins) tall. His body and hat are knitted in the r...

    PERCEVAL PENGUIN THIS PATTERN IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED.  DO NOT REPRODUCE PATTERN.  DO NOT SELL ITEMS KNITTED FROM THIS P...

After my first attempt at lace knitting I was keen to have another go. This time I wanted a long scarf. I knitted  the border instructions ...

If you haven't been to St Georges Market, Belfast, for a while you'll be pleasantly surprised. There are the fruit and veg sta...

Sorry to mention the C word, but I suppose it is time to start making things for Christmas. One of my patterns got a mention in Issue 45, L...

In the last post I was struggling with the Annis Shawl . After what seems a lifetime I have eventually finished it. Once the outer lace edg...

oh what a tangled web we weave ..... This seems to be the time of year all the spiders move inside. Don't know if they are adding to o...

Today was the final of the tea cosy competition. There were some amazing ones, all beautifully displayed.     Here's some whic...