Christmas Eve

The gift socks are finished, the mince pies are in the oven and I’m ready for Christmas. It’s another strange year for those who celebrate and I hope that you are able to spend the...

Monthly Musing – December 2021 – The Christmas Itch

“Are you suffering from the Christmas Itch?” It’s an expression that I saw on social media the other day and on investigating, I discovered that I do!  It’s that moment when you think you’ve...

Exciting news!

Wow, wow, wow! Thank you so much to every who voted for me in the British Knitting & Crochet Awards 2021 – I’ve been highly commended in the Social Media Superstar category!  I am...

A green, blue and yellow striped sock with a red Christmas tree marker sits on a table next to a grey cup of tea, a grey pottery milk jug, a tea pot and a small card with more stitch markers attached

Sunday afternoon

Hello, hello, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend!  I’m a bit later in posting this than I have been recently – I do aim for Fridays but sometimes, the weeks don’t work out...

A single pink rose against a background of snowy leaves

December

It’s here!  The last month of the year and in just a few short weeks, it’s going to be a whole new year.  It’s really quite incredible, isn’t it? It snowed on Sunday.  I...

A black cat is lying on some papers on a table next to a laptop

Monthly Musing – November 2021 – Exam fever

If you’ve got children or grandchildren who are taking their GCSEs next summer, there’s a good chance that your house is a mock exam zone just like ours is right now. Not so small...