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…
What gives us joy? Obviously life changing events sometimes do. But I don’t mean those. I mean the little things that make your heart glad. Everyday things that warm the cockles of your heart. We all need these little things that bring us joy in the everyday. They…
Don’t you love it when random things inside your head suddenly join up? Some stuff inside my head suddenly joined up the other day. I love autumn. Actually I love all the seasons and I have a hard time picking which is my favourite, but autumn has an edge….