Sunday, May 30th, 2010
I’m still plodding along making Whirligig blocks – lots of Flying Geese and Hourglass blocks. I seem to be using such a lot of fabric – all from my stash – and it’s incredibly satisfying. I think I actually feel virtuous. That doesn’t happen very often 🙂 However, I have noticed something very strange. Maybe […]
The battle of the stash
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
I like my life. I certainly haven’t ended up where I ever thought I would, but I’m very happy with my lot. One of the totally unplanned things that has turned out best is my job. I’m a self-employed editor and translator and I work mainly for academics who don’t have English as their mother […]
The happy life of the self-employed.
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
My lazy Sunday left a whole lot of time for sitting and knitting – and I’m happy to announce that my sweater is now finished! And I love it! So here it is…… For those who are interested it is the Retro Ribbed Turtleneck from the Green Mountain Spinnery using their Sylvan Spirit yarn in […]
It’s done….
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
A while ago I decided to really try to make Sundays a day of rest. When you work from home as I do it is way too easy for every day to be filled with work and housework (I mean it’s never all done is it?) The only thing that differentiates weekends from the rest of […]
Another lazy Sunday…..
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Here are three happy chaps. Mmmm, the one on the right doesn’t look too pleased with life. Time to move house I think…I’ve been glued to the UK election coverage for the last couple of days and almost a whole night. Exciting times for England. I hope that they sort things out among themselves pretty […]
Election and growing sleeves.
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