Category: Knitting

A brown leather sofa littered with the contents of two rucksacks

And she’s back again!

Not so small daughter arrived home to Manchester airport on Monday afternoon.  Now, on Sunday, it’s hard to believe that she was away for two weeks – and has been home for nearly a...

Yellow and white chamomile flowers with a sunset in the background

Here comes the sun

It’s the end of week two of not so small daughter’s trip to Nepal and my stay-at-home holiday (I’m not a fan of the word “staycation”) and it’s been lovely.  The sun shone and...

A multi-coloured partly-knitted shawl on a mustard coloured sofa next to a fabric bag of yarn

Time off, feet up!

I have done very little this week, apart from knitting and listening to podcasts – and it’s been wonderful! I was going to spend the time that not so small daughter is away working...

A pair blue variegated socks on sock blockers lying on a wooden floor next to a pair of hiking boots

Nepal countdown

“I think I’m going to sign up for the trip to Nepal.” I can’t believe it’s nearly two years since not so small daughter made her announcement and next weekend, we’ll be waving her...

A red colourwork sock featuring black and white sheep, modelled on a foot, is resting over a black and white canvas boot

Yarny things

When I sat down to write my blog post for this week, I realised I had so many things to tell you that they couldn’t all possibly go in one post (socks, yarn, yarn...

A woodland path surrounded on both sides by wild garlic. The garlic is flowering and there are white flowers amongst the green

Saturday mornings

There’s something about a Saturday morning.  Not having to reach to turn the alarm off at 6.30am is my favourite part, and although we have to be up and out reasonably early to get...