I have plenty of knitting/crochet patterns in my Ravelry library… everytime I see something I like I click on the link and, let’s be honest, most of the time they end up sitting there, ignored till the day I can’t remember why I saved them in the first place and I would like to delete …
Yesterday I got up nice and early (actually it was only early… not nice at all in all honesty, still suffering from this wretched jet lag) and drove to North London to spend a day learning new techniques from the one and only Anna Maria Horner. The workshop took place at ‘The Village Haberdashery, a …
Who doesn’t love a good reclamation yard? When Mr M dragged my out of bed this morning to keep him company I might have winged a little (in my excuse I was hungry… I’m never good before breakfast). We visited Ronson Reclamation in Gloucester. We had a little mission but mostly we just looked around …
Remember these? I lost count of how many of these I made and sold and given away as presents and made for my children when they were young. Such a clever invention. So useful to take on holiday or at a restaurant and keep the children entertained.
It’s early morning, husband and first child have gone to work, the dishwasher is whirring in the dark corner of the kitchen, the dog is asleep on the sofa. It’s raining hard and I have four guests asleep downstairs and two boys asleep upstairs. I have coffee. I like these quiet grey mornings. After the …
Ok, indulge me a little bit more then I’ll change the subject. Pinky swear. (don’t ask) If you’re a reader of this blog you might remember than a few weeks ago, when in San Francisco Mr M and I dragged our children to the De Young Museum to see the Summer of Love exhibition. (Very …
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