Stitch This

  • it’s raining

    just a quickie – the weather is so rubbish here we have been confined indoors – just wanted to share the chaos while Little One snoozes… lots of painting and card making for Father’s Day. The Richard Scarry book is a reprint of one I had when I was small, it’s brilliant! we trashed the…

  • Back to earth

    Sorry for radio silence…we’re back from a lovely week in (very sunny) Brixham. I love it down there…crabbing, kite flying, coffees, chips, sandcastles (Elder) eating sand (Little One) and, inevitably, motorway gridlock. We stopped off at Spin a Yarn in Bovey Tracey – special treaty shop for me, fab, fab, fab. I bought some 100%…

  • Nowt so queer as Folk

    so, i’m a bit of an indie chick. One day I will list my loves properly but I’ve already written about Echo and the Bunnymen. I went to a new kind of gig (for me) a couple of days ago. Other Half got tickets to see one of his personal favourites, loud0n wainwright. He was…

  • Flower power

    Guess where Elder and I spent a good chunk of today? He’s teaching me football, poor delusional child.

  • Indespensible

    Inspired by a thread on mumsnet here’s my latest creation. It’s crochet. Thats a big deal for me. I’m not too good at crochet. What do you think? I’m quite proud – I finished something!!! Work is overwhelming at the moment. My shakes have increased but hey, they’ll go again hopefully. Making progress on being…