Alongside fairisle, I love aran stitches. Unfortunately I am not much of a knitter. Thankfully though, there are aran stitches in crochet too! Here is a little tutorial showing how to crochet cable stitch. I don’t know whether this is the proper way to crochet cables. I tried a…
How many times do you see or experience a view, a beautiful archway, an interesting street, or something where the light and the colours perfectly represents the season or the location, and reach for your paints or your watercolour pencils? I have to say never. I can’t draw,…
Is jam special enough to give to somebody as a gift? I love homemade jam. Fruit that you’ve picked yourself, warm and ripe from the sunshine, cooked up with some sugar and lovingly made into a little bit of heaven to spread onto a warm crumpet or a…
Shops in England are now required to charge for carrier bags and this causes me a problem. I know that carrier bags are bad in lots of ways. Litter, polluting the seas, killing turtles, biodegrading on the way home, life without carrier bags is probably better. However, like…