Category: Knitting

A partly-knitted purple shawl on two long double pointed needles. A sheet marked with rows worked and the pattern are visible, and one of the needles is pushed into a knitting belt

Blogtober 2021 : Day 6

It’s quite a relief to see blue sky today albeit with more than a few clouds in there.  Phew, it didn’t half put down some rain last night!  It was windy too, and the...

Close up of orange crocosmia flowers and their green strap-like leaves against a background of plants.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 3

Happy Sunday! Well, the weather never picked up yesterday so I didn’t go outside to finish off the border.  Even though it did stop raining for a bit, it was so wet that I...

A overgrown garden border. There are plants and weeds, an old Belfast sink with plant pots in it and it all looks like a lot of work!

Blogtober 2021 : Day 2

It’s Day 2 of Blogtober and so far so good … I’m still here! 🙂 My plan for today was to finish off working on the garden border that I’ve been revamping – it...

The ground is littered with fallen leaves and conkers. A pair of purple wellies are at the bottom of the photo

Blogtober 2021 : Day 1

Well, hello to you! It’s 1 October and that means it’s Blogtober!  In case you’ve never heard of it, it’s an entire month of daily blog posts, sometimes on a particular subject if you...

A skein of pink yarn lies across a knitting pattern on a wooden garden table next to a glass of lemonade

Back to school week

Hello hello, how are you doing?  Another week has flown past, hasn’t it? Thank you for taking the time to comment on last week’s post on avoiding colour pooling and flashing both here and on...