Category: Baking

A pair of socks in stripes of brown, red, green and gold on a pair of feet. The person wearing them is wearing jeans and the feet are resting on a wooden floor

Blogtober 2024 : Day 2

It’s been a long and busy day today – I’ve been up to Skipton to see a fab friend who crochets and also happens to be Blogtobering, but more about that visit tomorrow –...

A single blue hydrangea flower

Up on my back legs

Hello there, how are you doing?  It feels good to be writing today’s post as last week, I was feeling very sorry for myself as I had hurt my back with over-enthusiastic wielding of...

Yellowy-green leek and potato soup in a pan with a metal soup ladle resting against the side. To one side of the pan are two bowls of the soup and a small plate with two crusty bread rolls on it.

Blogtober 2022 : Day 12

What are you having for dinner? I’m only asking because (aside from the fact that I’m nosey), we’re having soup tonight and it’s cooking in the oven whilst I write this.  I can smell...

A partly-knitted sock sits on a cream project bag next to a car gear stick.

“Why won’t this thing shut?!”

There has been a disaster on the Emergency Sock front. If you’ve been reading my posts through October (Blogtober) then you’ll have read about my Emergency Sock which is Basic 4ply Sock that lives...

Blogtober 2021 : Day 10

Today, I have washed and mended my car seat belt cover. I have done other things as well, such as my menu plan for the week – I do this for a while and...

First steps

Hello!  It’s lovely to see you and thank you so much for all your comments on my New Year post – it was a bit of fun as we take our first steps into...