And the winner is …

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Fyberspates giveaway! I loved reading all of your comments and to make sure that the giveaway was absolutely fair, I’ve used this handy Random Number Generator...

Hot hot hot

There’s no pleasing us British sometimes, especially when it comes to the weather. First, it’s too cold.  Our winters are too long, too wet or too mild.  Our springs are too breezy, too chilly...

Monthly Musing – July 2015 – University challenge

Unless you’ve got a son or daughter doing their A levels at the moment, the fact that it is University Open Day season has probably passed you by. It’s in full swing in our...

Fyberspates Vivacious Kids pattern book review and giveaway!

Anybody who knits will know how many patterns are available to knitters, whether as paper copies at yarn shops, downloads through blogs like mine or on websites like Ravelry.  Most of these patterns are...

Five on Friday – Friday roundup

One of the things about being in the habit of blogging is that you take photographs a lot of the time.  Sometimes I will take a picture because I specifically want to remember something,...

University open days

This week, big daughter and I have been visiting universities.  It’s exciting and a little bit sad at the same time as I know that when she goes next year, that’s the first of...