Trailblazer Socks – free pattern and tutorial
The pattern for these socks came long before the name. In fact, the pattern was in my head and on my needles at the end of the summer, but still I dragged my feet...
Tagged: 2024
Monthly Musing – December 2024 – Finishing …
It’s hours away from the New Year and soon we’ll be in 2025. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been seeing lots of social media posts about “finishing” the year in a particular...
Christmas Eve
It’s Christmas Eve, and after a lovely day out in the forest with the dog, we have left big daughter with her boyfriend at her house and made our way home. The fire is...
Short days
It’s the winter solstice tomorrow, the shortest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. Part of me is always a little bit sad as winter is my favourite time and reaching the shortest...
Christmas and holiday sock wrap labels
I think that hand knitted socks make the BEST presents for someone that you love or care about. It offers you the opportunity to think about the colours they would like, the pattern that...
A bit windy
Looking out of the window at the winter sunshine lighting up the garden today, it’s almost unimaginable that last weekend, the UK was battered by another named storm. We seem to have more of...
