Stitch This

  • Anticipation

    My antique quilt is sitting in the post depot, I’ve shelled out the VAT and it will be delivered tomorrow…I can’t wait! I know it’s a bit sad but I can’t help it. Quilts hold a lot of meaning to me, they make me feel happy and remind me of my mother so much. She…

  • What Quarkee did next

    How was your Mother’s Day? Mine was spent doing housework!!! But i had a great day the day before being taken to a big charity furniture warehouse and a knitting shop in Stroud I’d been meaning to go to for ages. Fab. I also got lots of time with my boys and the chance to…

  • Work work busy busy rush rush bang bang

    Well here’s my Make list – it’s a work in progress as are many of these projects. I’ll add links etc as and when. Knitted gold bag – an experiment in mixing yarns together. Socks – any kind. Desk skirt – assuming I don’t get a retro larder. Lacey scarf crochet – coming along. Japanese…

  • Finishing off

    I’ve been at a bit of a loose end since finishing my wallhanging. I should be finishing off. Loads of things including little ones jacket, my crochet scarf, taking up elders trousers, various work projects, clearing the office, blah blah blah. Where to start though? Where to start indeed. On the up side I got…

  • Things I learnt this weekend

    Well, we made it…and I have grown a little wiser as follows I wildly underestimate prep times jellies take longer to set than you’d think 20 is the absolute maximum you want at a brithday party children are the perfect demonstration of entropy – they continue to expand to fill the space they are given…