I’ve had my eye on things on the web made with honeycomb stitch for a while now…it looks a little tricky and I wasn’t 100% sure how to do it. There’s a pattern for it in this book…(that I’ve been wanting to use for ages)… It’s called VJunkie and apparently was inspired by vampire blood […]

I hereby present the sum total of my creative efforts this week… …the toe of one sock… (But at least I got that far without running out of yarn!). To be fair, these are great socks. The yarn is perfect,it’s Kells Sport Merino courtesy of the Three Irish Girls and is unforgettably named ‘If it […]

I’ve juggled my schedule a little this week, so ended up having today off…that’s my 4th day at home in a row. I’ve been sock knitting, watching the Swiss do a little better than of late in the Ski World Cup and dealing with mountains of laundry and mending. The girls are home for ski […]

I was up bright and early this morning. The house felt uncluttered and fresh after yesterday’s marathon undecorating efforts. Don’t you just love how simple and fresh everything feels when the Christmas clutter is cleared? Don’t get me wrong, I love having everything all Christmassy, but somehow when it’s all gone everything feels ready for […]

It doesn’t seem to matter where I’ve been or what I’ve been doing, I love coming home. OK, I’m not quite so keen on all the laundry that a family of 5 bring back with them from skiing and the chaos that I have to spend a day or two organizing, but for me, home […]