Beginner sock knitting: Sockalong successes
Ever since I’ve been knitting socks, the reaction from people who’ve seen them has generally been “Why would you want to knit them when you can buy them?” or “Wow, I wish I could...
Category: Knitting
Here comes the sun
We bought a new garden table and chairs last weekend. Our old wooden ones, having lasted for the best part of ten years, finally gave up the ghost over the winter and aren’t fit...
A crazy week!
Well, what a week it’s been! A totally crazy week in lots of different ways and I’m still catching up with myself! For a start, last week whilst heading up to Skipton for the...
Yarn Shop Day 2015
Phew, it’s been a busy day! The point of Yarn Shop Day is to celebrate bricks and mortar yarn shops and Black Sheep Wools had a day of demonstrations planned to help swing the...
Lazy days
It’s been a strange Easter school holiday this year. Both the girls have had two weeks off, but their holidays have only overlapped for one week. Big daughter spent her week off before Easter...
Feet!
Our postman had no idea that the white plastic mail bag he was delivering contained body parts … Here in Winwick, we still have a postman who arrives in a red van and stops...
