If my day job didn’t keep getting in the way, I’d have this little monster finished in the twinkling of an eye. It is probably the quickest and easiest quilt I’ve ever made – not a masterpiece in the offing, but it’s bright and breezy and full of the joys of spring. I also think […]

If there’s one thing I know about, it’s sock heels.I’ve knitted so many in all shapes and sizes over the years that I pride myself on being a connoisseur. And for me one heel pattern is head and shoulders above the rest. To be honest I really don’t know why people bother with other methods. […]

I’ve wanted to run a marathon for at least the last 25 years. While I’ve run loads of other races, I’ve never made it to a marathon. It’s a dream that just won’t quite go away. And my joints aren’t getting any younger. Something stops me from dipping my toe in the water. I know […]

I’ve found myself quite addicted to Jane Brocket‘s amazing tulips. My own are fairly paltry in comparison, but our extraordinary spring weather means that I’ve been able to savour them in their full glory. Tulips really are the most incredible flowers and become almost more beautiful the more overblown they are. I’m righting a BIG […]

Today I took a trip to Riehen by Basel – right on the French/German/Swiss border – to visit the Beyeler Museum, which has a Segantini exhibition on at the moment. Segantini is one of my favourites of the Alpine painters – actually an Italian by birth, he settled in the Engadin in the south of […]