Peanut Butter Cookies..no gluten, no dairy

There is a lot of allergy/intolerance to all sorts of stuff (food and otherwise) in our household. Some years ago this was a bit of a problem, specialist ingredients were not readily available in this country. A bit like yarn a few years back, you could read all these great patterns but the [...]

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A really quick knit

Over the past couple of days I have been knitting a present for my Mum. With all her tooth troubles, (we all know how that goes) and with it being so cold (it’s warming up now, but I will choose to ignore the fact) I thought something comforting was called for. And [...]

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Conwy Socks

I have finished the Conwy socks, probably about time too!
CONWY SOCKSfromKnitting on the Road by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd SockColourway: AslanNeedles: 2.25 mm dpn
I really enjoyed knitting these socks. The pattern is called a twining cable pattern and is easily memorized but interesting enough that you don’t get bored. This makes for [...]

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Not much to show

Progress on all fronts is s l o w .. Not a great deal of knitting, learning or gardening is taking place at the moment. The only thing I managed to achieve easily this morning was some cleaning – I got up early and started hoovering all through the hall, up the [...]

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When defeat comes…

accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. (Napoleon Hill)
I had a few plans for today, not great plans, just small ones. I should have known that it never does to plan, my plans are obviously never sound enough.
I have spent the best part (maybe not the best part, but a good [...]

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Socks and Sock Yarn

Another pair of socks? Too Right! (as one of my teens would say)
These are the Colinette Jitterbug socks. My own standard sock pattern, knitted on 2.5mm needles. You know, sometimes, for some reason that you can’t quite put your finger on, projects just don’t jell right. This is one of them. [...]

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Progress is there….

if not just a little slow.Firstly, I have finished the body of the Drops alpaca sweater and now that I have received some 4.5mm dpn’s to knit the sleeves on, I can start on those tonight. This is what it looks like so far, I had to try it on because, lets face it, I [...]

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At least something…

…is not affected by my slug population. This rhubarb is enjoying the mild, damp weather. It’s a little early and may get a shock if it turns very cold later this month.

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Whatever happened to..

My Vegetables?
These are my spring vegetables.. or to be correct, what is left of 60 various cabbage, broccoli and kale plants that I put in in the autumn.
As further example of the devastation caused by slugs spurred on by a very mild winter (so far)…. I give you…
…..a kale plant. (That’s a bit of [...]

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Resolution #1 broken!

I don’t usually make New Year resolutions, well…..that’s not strictly true, I make them quietly, to myself. That way, when I break them (which I invariably do) I don’t feel too bad. My 1st resolution this year was to knit more for other people. I do knit for others but usually on a ratio of [...]

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