I’d really, really like to go on a quilt retreat. Everybody else does and I’d like to too. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be anything like that available round here and trekking halfway across Europe doesn’t seem to be a runner at the moment. Family, responsibilities….you know how it is! So I’ve decided to have […]

Over the last few days I have come to realize that I’m a lot more noise sensitive than I would have thought. Normally when the kids are out it’s pretty peaceful around here. I quietly get on with my editing work, sitting whenever possible with the window open and enjoying the birdsong and the faint […]

I’ve finished my crazy socks – pooling gone mad, but I love them! Made using Springvale sock wool by Three Irish Girls in the Brighton colourway. It’s 100% superwash merino wool – lovely!! The pattern is my own concoction. I’m just starting to get over how wildly the pattern turned out! I think I’m going […]

Appenzell is small but beautiful, fiercely conservative and famous for it’s rural crafts – embroidery and weaving (more tomorrow on those), and the parades that accompany the summer and autumn moves of the cows to and from the alps (summer pastures high up in the hills). It’s the canton with the lowest population density and […]

This is one of my favourite parts of Switzerland – I love the hilly landscape, the green lushness and probably most of all, the beautiful old houses. It’s almost on the Austrian border and not far from where we live now and everytime I go there I just feel there’s something quite magical about it. […]