• Give it away…

    Well, I promised to say a textile style thank you for getting me to 100 followers and now (omg) 10,000 hits…here it is. There’s some  Rowan fabric (about a metre), a FQ of some quirky japanese black cat fabric, about 2 metres of pompom trim, ricrac (of course), velvet ribbons and some coordinating thread and…

  • Hey! Finito!

    I finished my Scarf of Doom! Then I tarted it up. With a button flower I’d made earlier. The button fell off my slipper and the yarn was from my stash. No pence. Fab. And fun. I finished it while playing in the garden with Little One. Knitting on the hoof. Thanks to deadly Knitshade…

  • Manhattan Abbey

    Well, I’ve joined my first knitting swap. A US Based one, run by Subway Knits, based on Downton Abbey. Barking mad but then isn’t that what it’s al about when you get down to it? You can read about it here. I have answered the very detailed questions and await my allocation with, it has…

  • Pass the oxygen….

    It appears I’ve reached the heady heights of 102 followers….oooooo. Now, I know to most bloggers out there I still qualify as a cottage, nay Wendy house, industry but my fabulous followers have come of their own accord, no advertising or whatever you do in blogland…and we’re a tight knit community…hello everyone! THANK YOU! Also,…

  • Say it with crochet…but what?!

    I’ve been a bit quiet lately. But an evening’s gabbing with a good friend, a yarn bomb surprise from another and some Devon downtime has done its magic. Then I got this vintage crochet in the post…eBay I love you. 99p!!! I’ll post more tomorrow but right now I’m looking for ideas for this ‘good…