Summer Tank

I know that I did very little updating on how the summer tank was going, I don’t know why, probably because it turned out to be one of those quick knits. There wasn’t a great deal to say about it, it was so simple. However, yesterday, it became an official FO. I have tried to [...]

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Anyone for a mixed green salad?

After the beautiful weather we had over Easter, it has turned a little grey and chilly around here. This, however, has not stopped these from growing.
Nor these..
To say that I have a few lettuce would be a bit of an understatement. I also have some already planted out in the garden, but who [...]

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Spinning when I should be digging

At the weekend I should have been digging the garden in preparation for laying turf. It is spring and an ideal time to start to make the back garden look like a garden; after looking like a building site for so long. I’ve been spinning instead. Really, I thought it wouldn’t take me long to [...]

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Just what I need

I really don’t need another project just now (know what’s coming?) I have enough on the needles, three things, including socks; which I suppose don’t count, so two. (plus spinning!) I find that if I have too much at once, things take longer to complete (really?) and like Mums’ Birthday Cardigan at some point I [...]

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What I dream of is an art of balance.

Henri Matisse.
I am still undecided about the Padded Footlets. They are sitting on my office desk, relegated to the corner. They stare at me but I try not to acknowledge them.
What I need at the moment is balance. I am quite busy and trying to divide my time between things that I need to do [...]

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Lazy Friday

I always feel lazy on a Friday. It’s as if my body has already started the weekend without me. I’ve run around all morning doing various things, and, as it is a dull and misty day here, I can give the garden a miss this afternoon and perhaps dive straight into the knitting. It is [...]

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Back to normal…

…whatever normal is?
I dropped to Teens over to a friends for the day, and after making a few errands, I came back to a quiet and empty house, bliss! I noticed that Youngests’ camera had been left behind and as it is so much better than mine I decided to have a play. [...]

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Make hay while the sun shines

I have no knitting or spinning pictures. In fact, yesterday, I did no knitting or spinning at all! This is a very rare occurrence indeed!!I have, instead, been making hay fences while the sun shines.
First we built a fence…
We have three boundaries, all our responsibility. This is the first.

Then, [...]

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Gardening Socks

Yesterday I finished the Gardening Socks, just in time to send them to the recipient for an Easter present.Here they are blocking on a towel. Now, I don’t usually block socks, but as these are a gift I thought I’d make an extra effort. I need to get them parcelled up as they [...]

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Some Spinning

My Corridale arrived on Friday along with my copy of Favourite Socks. Believe it or not I had been trying to get hold of a copy of this since January. I ordered this book from four – yes four suppliers – each time to be told after a week or longer that they [...]

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