This week I’ve been systematically clearing up and cleaning through the whole house. It’s a rather surreal experience to clean somewhere and then come back the next day and find it still tidy and as I left it. This is only possible because two of the children and my husband are away. What it all […]

I know I said I wasn’t going to embark on another knitting project until the quilts were done…..but you know how it is…..I’m weak….and we’re having a movie week…..and I can’t sit and watch films without some knitting…..and I did finish the plaid quilt and it is stash yarn….and I’m not feeling guilty about it, […]

I’m getting loads done this week. I only have my 15 year old daughter at home – so life is easy. I’m lucky that she loves to cook and potter around, go to see films with her mother and eat in restaurants that her siblings wouldn’t countenance. The other two children are away at camp […]

1)    A quiet afternoon spent knitting or sewing 2)    BBC Radio 4 3)    Walking around the garden in the early morning looking at the flowers and insects 4)    Fabric 5)    Running on a spring morning 6)    Finishing a project – especially one that has been a long time in the making 7)    […]

and the winner of my 100th post giveaway is….. Pam E. from Las Vegas, Nevada I’ll be contacting Pam today and hopefully sending off the yarn that she chose in the next couple of days. (The random number generator came up with number 9 for those of you who like to know these things!) Thanks […]