Stitch This

  • As a new pin

    This could be construed as a metaphor for my life….I am wreaking control from chaos. Look. I have repacked most of my yarn and fabric. All I can say is I love vacuum packing. What a great invention. Great.

  • Capture the moment

    Two minutes after taking this picture Little One came in and chaos reigned again. Sigh.

  • To potter…

    My morning in pictures. Just me and Little One as Elder is off with OH at a Car Thing. We’ve had a lovely time. Tidying (me), shuffling around (both of us) and racing cars (LO). I’ve blocked my fir cone scarf, made some biscuits (honey, pear and raisins), play-doh-ed, sang the ravioli song LOTS and…

  • Yo yo cushion – chatty tutorial

    I thought I’d try to give you a description of how I cobbled this little lovely together…it’s become one of my favourites already! I cheated and got the yoyo’s (or Suffolk Puffs) from eBay – they’re vintage 1940’s apparantly – but to make a yoyo is so easy even I do it look . You cut…

  • Decompression

    Have you ever felt submerged by all the demands of life? I do, quite frequently if I’m honest. But then, I have quite a full plate, as do most working mothers I know. However, mix it up with the tendency towards insomnia that PD so kindly bestows upon the Chosen Few and you get an…