Stitch This

  • All fired up

    We were chatting on the Mumsnet bloggers forum the other day when the idea  of inspiration sources came up. When you dream up a new idea, design or any general crafty lovely where does that initial spark come from? Here’s my litany. Books, Blogs and magazines Pretty blardy obvious but not just craft books and…

  • In memorium

    Those of you who subscribe to this collection of ramblings (thank you, I remain amazed you do, but thank you) will hopefully know by now I use humour as a way of articulating sometimes difficult subjects. I’ve replaced my original post today because, without being mawkish, the death of Steve Jobs deserves a proper comment.…

  • What am I like?

    Stitchy Towers has been a little subdued recently due to a preponderance of ‘going to Heaven parties’. That, together with a discussion last night at knitting club on why people blog got me thinking. The cogs creaked into action as follows. Why blog? To have a diary. Who for? Me, yes. My boys? yes I…

  • Kindness

    Toddlerdom is tough. For everyone. For every gurgle of joy there’s the chance of a massive strop. And that’s just me. Gosh Little One has a heck of a temper! Today was testing shall we say. Elder put it beautifully when he told me tonight that “H interrupts me being kind” – I’m lucky I’ve…

  • Scary!

    All this talk of Halloween (partyspanner’s fab blog in particular) made me reminisce about Elders party when he was 3. I found some pics on my phone – here are some of them. I made ‘mummy dogs’ from frankfurters and pastry strips with mustard dots for eyes. And a jelly cat sitting in wormy green…