A hand holding a match to start a fire. There are already flames around the kindling

Blogtober 2024 : Day 11

How is it Friday evening already?! I hope you’ve had a good day today.  After all the excitement of the aurora last night I was far too excited to sleep and consequently, didn’t want...

Pink and green aurora borealis northern lights in the night sky. Trees are silhouetted against the sky

Blogtober 2024 : Day 10

Oh my goodness, I am beyond excited!  I have seen the Northern Lights in Winwick!  There’s a huge geomagnetic storm in progress tonight, apparently (not the same as storms on earth so not linked...

Unravelled green yarn on a wooden table next to an open laptop and the rest of the ball of yarn

Blogtober 2024 : Day 9

Brr, it’s been a cold one today in our house.  We’ve had a plumber round replacing the thermostats on our radiators as most of them were broken and would only work if you pulled...

A calico cat with white, black and ginger fur lies on a grey carpet and partly across a laptop computer showing stretching exercises.

Blogtober 2024 : Day 8

It’s been one whole week of Blogtober and if you’re still here, I’m sending you a big hug to say thank you! 🙂 It’s a quick post today as I’ve been out to see...

A pair of baby socks in pink and green stripes with a decorative cuff lie on a white background next to an adult sock in the same yarn and a red glass heart

Blogtober 2024 : Day 7

Well, here we are, the first full week of October in 2024 – two more full weeks to go then another 4 days and it’s November!  (I’m basing this on starting the week on...

A collage of four photographs of sock designs - one cable, one lace, one intarsia and one colourwork

Blogtober 2024 : Day 6

It’s Sunday, and I hope you are having a lovely weekend! Thank you for spending some of it reading my blog posts – I’m glad you enjoyed yesterday’s about rediscovering knits from Octobers gone...