Stitch This

  • Dum dum da dum, la la la laaaah

    I finished something! You know I love a deadline…the wedding’s tomorrow and here’s the wedding ring cushion for my niece. You like? I went for simple White on White – lovely soft cotton and French knots. I used the idea in Martha Stewart’s Encyclopaedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts (what a great book) but made…

  • Every cloud…

    It’s blazing sun here and I’m inside contemplating autumn. Little One’s cold has claimed him with a vengeance and he’s sleeping next door and I am lone attendant. The rest of the family are out on the boat. So I sit and knit. This is a new school scarf for Elder. Made from Big Softie…

  • A really practical skill

    I always knew crochet would prove itself as a true life skill. Inspired by this thread on Mumsnet (thankyou Soupdragon)  look what I made tonight… Poo! I am enchanted! Pattern here  

  • Is there an echo in here?

    To the Cotswold Water Park with three girlfriends, escaping mothers all, for a night in a lovely hotel, good food and a little too much wine. What a shot in the arm. I actually read (Caitlin moran’s recent tome) , swam, knitted and chatted. Marvellous. You really do not realise the sheer lack of me…

  • Onwards

    This is a shrug. Literally and figuratively. Onwards and upwards. This blog is a stitchy blog and remains so whatever. I have a September deadline for this little project. What d’reckon??!