Rosie Lea’s Perfect Remedy after a Day in the Saddle

A lovely day in prospect tomorrow – a train journey to Brockenhurst to hire a tandem and push off into the New Forest for the afternoon, culminating in tea in Rosie Lea’s Tea House before snoozing away the train journey home. This has become a tradition for me and my friend... Our first visit was after a two-day cycling trip last year, which started in the rain in Burley and finished – in the rain – in Brockenhurst. It seemed no effort at all, manoeuvring our bikes on and off the trains at…Read more …

A Hero is Born

We all know someone who deserves the title and what better way to show them what you think of them than with a dish cloth or face cloth. This pattern, free thanks to Amy-Lynne of www.frogiezplace.blogspot.co.uk was my first shot at hero worship and was a satisfying and worthwhile project, judging by the response of my own particular superman. Using Debbie Bliss 100% cotton dk, this was a pleasure to work with and still looked fresh and new even after a couple of sessions of reworking several rows (I’m still learning).    …Read more …

Ode to the Toad

My February project was a toad dishcloth for my lovely old school friend's birthday. Why? Ode to the Toad Thanks to Shellie Wilson http://craftbits.com/project/dish-cloth-frog/Read more …

Soft-hearted

It was billed as a last-minute Valentine card and, as it did only take 20 minutes from start to finish, it lived up to its name. And how effective! Made my husband feel doubly-guilty to receive a handmade Valentine card when he only gave me...well, nothing!   With thanks to Kelly Jo Sweeney http://3bagsfullnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/last-minute-valentine.html  Read more …

And we all love figgy pudding

With Christmas on the horizon, and a need to slake my thirst for woolly novelties, I remembered some natty Christmas puddings I’d seen, and after a knitting frenzy throughout December I wowed my family and friends with these little beauties. Each pud contains a foil-wrapped chocolate, and I used them as table place settings... ...and gave the above box as a gift.  Better than just any old box of sweets.  Roll on Easter.     Thanks to Tess Young at fibrefables.wordpress.comRead more …

It started with a hat…

‘Knit a hat for an Innocent smoothie and raise funds for Age UK.’ You probably saw the advert last September. It seemed like a bit of fun so, between us, my mum and I sent off a dozen or so. The pattern was straightforward, just a simple hat with a bobble on top.  But oh, I’d forgotten how relaxing knitting could be.   My fingers were twitching. I’d caught the knitting bug. So what next?  Read on...    Read more …
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