Category: Knitting

A view across a crowded stadium towards a stage and a giant screen showing a picture of Harry Styles. He is wearing a red and purple t-shirt and singing into a microphone

Here and there

Has it really been a week since we last chatted?! I hope you’ve had a good one … if you’re in the UK then you’ve probably been a bit too hot and then cold...

Flaming June

It turns out (I have discovered since I started writing this post) that ‘Flaming June” is actually a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton but in our house, the expression has always been used rather...

A partly-knitted sock in purple yarn is sitting on a wooden table. In the background is the cake of purple yarn and an orange mug.

Seven days

The days do pass quickly, don’t they?  Not so small daughter’s school broke up for a week off yesterday – not sure that she’ll even want to get out of bed next week after...

A tortoiseshell and a tabby and white kitten are lying against Christine's legs on a purple checked duvet cover. Christine is wearing blue, pink and purple striped socks and grey joggers.

Saturday

Hello!  How are you doing?  It’s the end of the week already and the end of our first week of Easter school holidays.  It hasn’t really felt like school holidays for us as not...

Catching up

And then suddenly it was April!  Ta dah! I feel like the months have magically changed months without me even noticing … one day it was March and then before I knew it, it...

snowdrops in a woodland setting

The weather is calmer …

But today, when I’m talking to you, the world is in turmoil.  My love and thoughts are with everyone who is affected by this, and I think that probably most of us are in...