I’m always tickled pink when I learn something new. I’ve been knitting socks for a good while now – I’ve lost count how many pairs, but it’s a lot…  I’ve never tried toe-up socks though. This month’s sock club delivery from the Three Irish Girls is just that. The pattern is Appunto by Marjan Hammink. […]

Today I’m writing with my wife and mother hat on. It struck me yesterday when I was drinking up the beautiful perfume of my little jasmine plant that what I was doing was a little out of the ordinary. I don’t very often do something nice just for me and just because I want to. […]

Last week at the garden centre I treated myself to a little jasmine plant. It was completely in bud, but hadn’t started to open yet. I’m always a tiny bit wary about buying jasmine plants. I don’t really have  a good record with keeping them happy. My house is too dry and sometimes the little […]

I’ve been fighting the good fight today. With June bug and machine applique using fusible web that is! Oh my word! How on earth does this stuff work? I’ve been following the instructions for the web to the letter and you wouldn’t believe the pickles I have got myself into. Fabric stuck to the ironing […]

  I finished up my latest sock project last night. I had one of those funny experiences where I seemed to whistle through the first sock in no time at all and then I knitted and knitted the second sock without ever seeming to get anywhere. Anyway, they are done and I love them! Lichen […]