Stitch This

  • Yay!!!!

    Finally I’ve done it! I’ve got a stitchy corner with all my pretties on show… Want a peek?! I got the dresser from eBay and the rest is repurposed from elsewhere in the house or my stash. The big dresser drawers are full of yarn!!!! The yellow vintage Brio box is 50 years old and…

  • 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%…

  • Playing shop

    Shop! As part of my massive clear out I’m getting ready for a bit of a yard sale next week – my knitting group have been invited along, I’m sorting buttons into colours, winding ribbons, plucking yarn and fabric from my stash…25% to charidee (Cancer Research and Parkinsons UK, natch) and the rest to fund…

  • Beauty and the beast

    So I’m chasing my own tail today – I have work coming out of my ears, hospital apointments, Elder with no school shirts clean and this to deal with in the office… It’s at times like this I can feel the panic rising so today I went to look at the flowers in my garden…

  • Everybody out!

    It’s been a busy old time at Stitch This Towers. After weeks of watching bids I am now the proud owner of a dresser type cabinet which is destined to be home for my sewing kit. When we picked it up I admit we were disappointed as it’s not a solid as I’d wish and…