Si on voudrait exprimer sa gratitude pour le travail et le dévouement de la NHS, on peut montrer les arcs-en-ciel à la fenêtre, autour d’un arbre, ou dessiner à la craie sur le trottoir. C’est vraiment quelque chose, et c’est normalement un tribute des enfants. Les adultes, comment peuvent-ils montrer leur soutien à la NHS ? Il y a l’occasion d’applaudir à 20 h chaque jeudi soir à l’extérieur de la maison avec tous les voisins. Bien sûr, on peut frapper…
Got a theme? Want to make a gift? Make a dishcloth! There’s not one idea I’ve wanted to mark with a piece of knitting that I haven’t been able to fulfill with a dishcloth. A French teacher’s thank you gift? OK, that one’s a phone case, but a friend’s planned trip driving from the south of France to visit her daughter in Portsmouth? Voila, dishcloths to order, thanks to Marilyn Wallace of Knitting Heaven on Earth Qualifying for dual…
Now that’s right up my street. Something simple, but oh so effective. Enter [SIMPLE little SOMETHING] offered by Wendy Chapman Blue Dog Workshop The perfect present for a young lady, just turned 20, an age in France as significant as our 21st. She and her family have received knitted bookmarks, key rings, egg cup cosies – all the essential things in life – already. Such a simple pattern, producing this eye-catching texture, but with enough to think about to retain…
Four weeks is the norm. Five, I can manage. Six weeks, no, that’s a week too far. Seven weeks, with ten weeks likely, is a nightmare in prospect. I’m talking haircuts, of course. I’ve a short style, the key word being style, which grows out, unless it is re-styled. The dread of meeting up with friends for coffee, going to a party or bumping into colleagues in the supermarket meant I’d adopted the sensible action of booking the next appointment…