Tagged: socks

Flaming June

It turns out (I have discovered since I started writing this post) that ‘Flaming June” is actually a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton but in our house, the expression has always been used rather...

A strand of turquoise blue yarn lies on a pale wooden table. The yarn has broken and been plied together again, leaving fluffy edges at either end of the join.

Help, there’s a knot in my yarn!

“Help, help, there’s a knot in my yarn!” Anybody who has ever bought a ball or skein of yarn, whether commercially produced or hand-dyed, has probably come across a join, knot or a dye...

A partly-knitted sock in purple yarn is sitting on a wooden table. In the background is the cake of purple yarn and an orange mug.

Seven days

The days do pass quickly, don’t they?  Not so small daughter’s school broke up for a week off yesterday – not sure that she’ll even want to get out of bed next week after...

Catching up

And then suddenly it was April!  Ta dah! I feel like the months have magically changed months without me even noticing … one day it was March and then before I knew it, it...

A traditional chimney sweep brush sticks out of a chimney pot against a blue and cloudy sky

It’s that time of year …

⭐️   It’s that time of year …. to break out in to break out into cheesy musical songs about chimney sweeps … Our sweep doesn’t sing or dance, though.  I did ask him and...

Christine is sitting on the bottom step of the staircase putting on a pair of pink, blue, green, purple and yellow striped socks. There is a pair of brown boots on the wooden floor next to her.

Socks, more socks, and a Hiya Hiya needle review

Hello, and how are you doing?  I thought that just for a change, I would talk to you about socks ( 🙂 ) and I’ve got quite a lot to talk about this week!...