Making Life more Beautiful
When we started building our new home in the country I packed away most of my sewing equipment, thinking to myself “I will just do a bit of knitting while I wait for my sewing room to be constructed.” Knitting … Continued
Thank you everyone for your kind, supportive messages following the Grenfell Tower fire. It meant a great deal to hear from so many kind people – it has been really hard and upsetting for so many people, but I do … Continued
Review in two sentences. Nice, interesting pattern. Terrible yarn from Love Knitting. This pattern has been reviewed by Sue Stoney recently. She is an expert knitter and her version is very nice indeed. Mine is quite successful despite having an … Continued
For those that are following the saga, you may remember that I have been tempted by a promise by avid blogger Karen Templer that she would offer a free pattern for a sleeveless sweater on 1 May. My impatience led … Continued
I recently posted my knitting plans, and I have made good progress. I said I would make a petrol blue Heavenly sweater a dark green cashmere sweater a brown and green Holsten (just started, but it’s brown and mauve now) … Continued
When I started sewing I would often make a pattern, and then, as soon as I had finished I would make the exact same pattern again, but incorporating my learning. I would make changes to the pattern (using the first … Continued
We spent last weekend in lovely Lancashire, where my mother lives. Nick and I went up with my (other) son George and his wife Bianca. I mentioned that Mum had had a nasty fall. Thank you for all your kind … Continued
No sooner had she crashed out of SWAP than she was already making new plans. Like the jilted lover she deal with her grief by shouting “NEXT!” I mentioned on Saturday that I hope to create a few items for … Continued
Firstly – I finally finish the trousers. As ever I have not reached perfection, but I have got to good enough. Gus really likes them. I will give you some properly modelled photographs at some point. Here is a picture … Continued
Do you do New Year’s Resolutions? I do! And this year I set myself the task of reading one book a month. I had been making good progress. January (6) Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies; A Biography of … Continued
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