I’m excited to have just finished my latest crochet project, but as it isn’t blocked yet the pattern will have to wait until next time. You’ll have to make do with the Instagram teasers for now! In the meantime, I’ve been continuing sewing with this midi circle skirt that isn’t quite a circle skirt. I…
I seem to have strained my wrists, so I’m taking a crochet break (boo) and continuing with some sewing (yay!). Following on from my last sewing post, I’ve attempted some leggings. For leggings I often have the problem that they aren’t long enough. I also really don’t like it when leggings have a lot of…
My latest finished crochet project is a secret until the autumn so I can’t share it with you yet. If you’ve been following me on Instagram you’ll have noticed it go quiet for a while and that’s why! I am not a great sew-er and I think one of the reasons is that generally the…
Remember my living room make over? Well, it’s taking me an embarrassingly long time to sort out the final details. I’m wondering if anyone else feels like they are never done when it comes to decorating? Maybe I am just too easily distracted… Anyway, this week I made some good progress in that I bought…
If you’ve been following my site (or my sister-in-law Helen Chandler’s site) for a while you’ll have twigged that she’s just about ready to pop with her second child. I was able to take time off this last week and squeeze in a quick trip down to London to go and visit her and the…
How well do you sleep? I sometimes have the problem of waking up really early in the morning, like around 4am, when it’s just getting light, or needing to sleep in the day if I have a bad headache. I think it happens when I haven’t been crocheting enough! Since I chopped off all my…
Recently I have been lusting after calf length skirts a lot. The problem with just going out and buying one is firstly, we are meant to be saving up for our upcoming trip to North America (wahoo!) and secondly, since I’m a long legged creature, calf length skirts tend to hit me just on the…
I have been working up to this project for a while. Arguably since I was 15 and my parents bought me this awesome leather jacket. I have literally loved it to bits! It has been soaked in the rain, thrown about, scuffed up, had acid dropped on it (chemistry class), lost its lining in most…
This chair was inherited from my Great Aunty Marjorie (I have had a lot of aunts who are great in every sense of the word). I really like the shape of it and have also found that it is very useful to have a small chair which is easy to move around the house when…
Phew, what a busy week I have been having! I really had to focus to finish this project in time for my sister-in-law’s birthday this week. My house looked like a craft shop had exploded by the time I was done! I spotted this pretty fabric and couldn’t resist it. It’s a printed cotton canvas,…
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may well remember this project from last year. It is an advent calendar I made for my (now aged 4) niece – with the idea that each year we will refill it with little gifts for her as her Christmas present from us. …
I’ve been doing a lot of crochet recently, mostly because it’s my favourite, and also because it’s an easy travel project and we have been doing quite a bit of driving around this summer. Fortunately I have never been travel sick so I can put those hours in the car to good use! This week…
This week was my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. We had a big family celebration last weekend; great weather and great food! My contribution was my chocolate mudcake, made in a heart shaped tin. I also made this picture as a gift for my parents. 30 years is pearl, but similarly to when my grandparents had…
Last week one of my best friends came to visit. My poor husband had 4 days of not being able to get a word in edgeways! We had a lovely day on Thursday browsing round Manchester’s Northern Quarter and grabbing some lunch in Piccadilly Garden’s. We also visited one of my favourite fabric and craft…
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