I know it is still officially summer, but for our house, today it ended, as this is the first day of the school term. Back to early morning...

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Last week my son and husband went to the Commonwealth Games, to watch the hockey. Left at home, my Plan A was to paint my sons room while i...

The start of this love affair began with a trip into town and a visit to  Patisserie Mimi in High Street, Belfast. I stopped there for bre...

  Just wanted to spread the word about a very worthwhile project, which I came to know about by reading Ali's Random Wooliness blog ...

Well I eventually finished the shawl. I used German short rows and Grandmothers Favourite Bind off, again. The same techniques I used for m...

I usually shy away from largish projects as I get bored very easily, if things are taking too long. However I took a notion to knit a shawl...

    I'm a great fan of Professor Brian Cox .......well who isn't really! and I watch all his TV programmes. In the Wonders of ...

Some people love shoes, but I love scarves, whether it be woolly winter ones or cotton/linen summer ones. My latest addition is one I knit ...

After the lengthy wingspan project, I needed to do some quick knits. I started with some dish cloths using a diagonal pattern - Grandmother...

and finally I have finished my Wingspan project, it took a while but I got there in the end. I used Lousia Harding's Amitola for this p...

  I don't tend to write personal stuff on my blog, but I'm making an exception, as today is my silver wedding anniversary. As ...

I wrote on a previous post about a collaboration with Ali from Random Wooliness . We decided to work on a joint project, pick a theme then...