A Walk in the Park

“Let us to go for a walk in the park”, she said. “We will take some bread for the ducks And jam jars to catch fishes in And, maybe, a skipping rope…”   “The blackbird is sure to be singing,” she said, “And children will be flying kites, Making castles in the sandpit, And throwing […]

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Wool on Sundays – 162 (Woolless)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays! I’m sorry if anyone came by last month and found me not here. My brother in law and his family were over from Canada and we had a lovely time with them and other family and it altogether slipped my mind. Sadly, another month has passed and I’ve made not […]

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The Master Plan

The master plan, funnily enough, was not to stop making things and never blog again. It was to make the garden more manageable so it would be less work and I would have more time for sewing! A particularly labour intensive business is the weeding of the vegetable beds where seeds from the grass and […]

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The Empress’s New Umbrella

Happy Beltane, May Day or what you will! Late Spring/early Summer is my favourite time of year and for many years, I’ve had it in mind to make a sunny May Day quilt bursting with flowers and, of course, a May Pole full of ribbons and dancing children… But this is not that year! Today […]

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Wool on Sundays – 161 (Two Small Knits)

Welcome to another Wool on Sundays! I’m afraid it’s not the most interesting as I’ve shown my recent finishes already but here they are anyway :) You may remember that, last month, I was waiting for my local wool shop to phone with some more of the pink they had said they would order. After […]

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Spring – Inside and out

I seem to have given up blogging of late and almost a month has gone by, during which time Spring has been springing. But I’m glad to say I have completed my monthly goal of adding all the TAST stitches to date into my fanTASTichia picture. Lots of these stitches are new to me and […]

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