Friday, October 14th, 2011
17 My little girl has grown up. Yesterday she turned 17. She’s tall, willowy, quiet and sensible, seems to know where she’s heading and is a joy to be around. We seem to have slipped by the terrible teenage years with ease. Maybe there is worse to come, but somehow I don’t think so. 17 […]
Seventeen
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
We can do no great things Only small things with great love Mother Teresa
Thought for the day….
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
…but very slowly, given the teeny weeny needles I’m using and the fiddly pattern – which is, however, very pretty. Things should speed up when I make it to the ankle though, because then the pattern switches into stocking stitch, which should whizz along in comparison. The yarn is good enough to eat! Thank you […]
Sproutling is sprouting…
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
All right, I’m joking… But on a hazy day, when the German side is lost in the mist, looking across Lake Constance (the Bodensee to the German speakers out there) is the nearest thing to being by the seaside. I love it there – I really miss the Northumbrian coast where I grew up – […]
So you thought Switzerland was land-locked…..
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Isn’t this gorgeous? It’s Velvet Sock yarn from Three Irish Girls and the colour is Sproutling, which i think is a real delight of a name! It’s 100% merino and it’s GORGEOUS!!! I’m trying out a new sock pattern with it – Vintage Quilt Socks by Judy Sumner, which is one of the patterns in […]
Sproutling
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