The sun is shining through a tree onto a garden filled with greenery. The Winwick Mum logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

Monthly Musing – August 2022 – Time revisited

The school Summer holidays are nearly over here in England. It’s the last day of August. Almost seven weeks have passed by and where has that time gone? What have we done with all...

A sock in rainbow colours on a dark blue background is lying on a pale wood table next to the cake of yarn. There are two working yarns on this sock. In the background is a leather project back with the brand name MUUD on it.

August days

When not so small daughter finished school back in June, we said that we would make sure that we didn’t waste the extra-long summer holiday that she has this year. The main mission was...

Two partly-knitted heel flaps in different self-striping yarn sit side by side so that the stitches can be compared

Should I slip knitwise or purlwise?

“Should I slip knitwise or purlwise?” is one of the most common questions that gets asked in my Winwick Mum Sockalong Facebook group (the real-time help group for the Sockalong tutorials). The question relates...

Blue flowers that stretch right across the field into the distance

And it’s August!

Hello, hello, how are you doing? Phew, July seemed to pass in a blur in our house so it’s a bit of a relief to have reached August in one piece! 🙂  I thought...

The sun is shining through a tree onto a garden filled with greenery. The Winwick Mum logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

Monthly Musing – July 2022 – Life-changing

“Did you watch the match?” It’s going to be one of those questions that gets asked over and over – England vs German in the Women’s Euro Cup football final – but more than...

Domed towers stand out against a blue sky

À Paris – part three

There has been so much to write about the few days that not so small daughter and I spent in Paris – I certainly didn’t think it would take up three blog posts! (part...