Easy Flower Arrangement I was recently sent a box full of goodies from the Oasis flower foam people. As the end of term is fast approaching, I decided to put it to good use and design an easy flower arrangement for my boys' teachers and the cub and scout leaders. When I was a teacher, I would often receive bunches of flowers from the children at the end of the school year. I still remember a little girl giving me some beautiful red ... Read the Post...
Mobius Loops That Zip Together
Mobius Loops That Zip Together If somebody had told me 10 years ago that having kids would result in my liking maths, I wouldn't have believed them. In fact, I think I would have laughed in that person's face. Just as having a transport mad child means that I know more about buses than I would care to, having a maths mad child means that I now love Mobius loops almost as much as mathematicians do. What the Heck is Mobius Loop? Mobius ... Read the Post...
Sewing For Survival: How Sewing Caused the Survival of the Human Race
Sewing For Survival: How Sewing Caused the Survival of the Human Race One of my favourite sewing bloggers recently wrote a post about her blog and how she doesn't want to become a faceless tutorial writer. As I have a nasty feeling that I might be at risk of becoming a faceless tutorial writer myself, I've decided to mix things up a bit and write about some different stuff as well as the usual tutorials. So here's a post that's about ... Read the Post...
How to Knit If You Are a Crocheter
How to Knit If You Are a Crocheter Within the last few months, I have discovered something I suspected all along. I am a knitter. Not much of a knitter, at least not yet! But I am a knitter and I have knitted a sock. Ta da! I've been sewing and crocheting since I was a little girl, but despite my mum's best efforts, I never managed to get the hang of knitting. I knew how to knit, but I could never do it properly. My needles never ... Read the Post...
