Out and about

Hello!  How are you doing? It’s the school half term holidays in our part of the UK and small daughter and I are appreciating not having to get up too early for a whole...

Candy Cane Socks – and a new heel flap!

Normally, I don’t like to think about *whispers* Christmas until Hallowe’en has been and gone.  I’m not a Bah Humbug kind of person at all, and I might have been buying the odd present here...

British Knitting & Crochet Awards 2017

This was my view on last Thursday afternoon as I got out of a taxi at Alexandra Palace and looked across the London skyline.  I’d travelled down from Warrington earlier that morning to meet...

Winwick Mum Sockalong Knit n Natter Meet Up

What are you doing on Saturday 4 November? There’s a Winwick Mum knit n natter meet up planned … do come along if you’re free!  You don’t have to be a knitter, bring any...

Yarndale 2017 – My favourite moments

It seems longer than two weeks ago that Yarndale filled the Auction Mart in Skipton; already October has arrived and the nights are drawing in.  It’s been lovely to look back on my Yarndale...