This post has been a long time coming, almost 7 months in fact! A year ago, we started a plan to grow our own pumpkins when we saved the seeds from the one we bought last Halloween. (It was actually our son’s idea, as his birthday is really near to Halloween and he wanted his…… Continue reading A Pumpkin’s Journey
Today my son is 6, and, as is usual in the run up to these events, I asked him what he wanted on his birthday card. I could nearly have predicted that he would ask for Hulk, but I thought I’d better check. Having left it ridiculously late to make it, last night I cheated…… Continue reading An ‘Incredible’ Birthday Card
Things have been very slow on the WIP front this week, but my arm/wrist is on the road to recovery now following a treatment from a friend. In the last couple of days I’ve managed to crochet or knit in short intervals, making sure I do the proper hand/arm exercises after each session. I’ve completed…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-25th October
Right now I am really frustrated; my arm is painful again so I’m going to see a friend who will hopefully be able to sort it for me. However, it means that I’m on a self imposed knitting and crochet ban to give it a rest and hopefully not make it worse. I’ve found this…… Continue reading What To Do When You Can’t Crochet
I’ve dithered about this post for a while, because there are obvious copywrite issues surrounding licensed characters. However, children can be a demanding bunch and it is nice to surprise them with a handmade card with their favourite character on. I want to start by saying that I only make these cards as gifts (and…… Continue reading Top Tips For Making Character Cards
For the first time in ages, this week’s WIPs consist of both knitting and crochet projects. With the weather changing, I felt the need to make some wrist warmers for football and school runs, and I decided to try knitting to give my arm a rest from the repetitive motion of crochet. (Unsurprisingly, the crochet…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-18th October
Around this time last year, I posted about my tough decision to make a big change, job (and lifestyle) wise. Today it is exactly 2 years ago since I made that choice, so it seemed a suitable time to share my post again. In the last year even more has changed: I’ve said yes to…… Continue reading Choosing To Make a Change (2 Years On)
It’s been another crochet week, including a ‘just for fun’ project I’d been meaning to try. I haven’t been terribly productive as I’ve been at work a lot, but even so, some progress has been made. I’ll start with the ‘business’ project. It’s another pair of slippers, this time for a man. I agreed to…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-11th October
The first week of October has been chilly but pleasant, and the weather has been very kind. (Such a British thing to do, talking about the weather, but it’s true!) We’ve been able to get outside a lot, with a couple of allotment trips as well as work on our own garden. It’s felt very…… Continue reading Clinging on to Summer
It’s been a bit bonkers this week, as my routine has been messed with so I got to 9pm last night, realised I hadn’t written a post (or taken any photos) and gave up on producing a Wednesday post. My focus this week has mainly been on slippers and finishing WIPs, so I’m going to…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday (Thursday)-5th October
