Firstly and most importantly, thank you to everyone for your kind words here, by email and in person, about my sister-in-law. She has the date for her operation in two weeks and a few more test results to get. I’m not very patient at the waiting game… What it has brought home is to get [...]

My sister-in-law has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer. She is 36 and has two young boys – my nephews. These are the facts. The emotions are a different matter. Update: Thanks so, so much for all your kind comments and positive vibes. Things are looking a little rosier this evening than they were this [...]

I’ve been lucky enough to have featured in a few Treasuries (collections of 12 Etsy items collated on a theme) in my time, and it’s not often I check them, but before I went to bed tonight, I found that Vintage Fairisle had been picked for a Red and Blue Treasury – I wish I [...]

Ten-years-old he may be, but Skein Prince is definitely getting through more knitting than me. This week he tried his hand at illusion knitting, using this pattern called Hedwig Illusion by the lovely Marian at Freshisle Fibers. It’s a washcloth!Looks like it’s brown and stripey. But tilt it a bit, and a Hedwig owl appears. [...]

We wore t-shirts on Friday in glorious Spring sunshine, but coats,hats and gloves on Sunday. We don’t get much snow in these here parts, so the children made the most of it: Our front garden Mr Snowman Old oak tree And when he’s not playing in the snow, young Skein Prince is getting through more [...]

Last weekend, me and Skein Princess took ourselves up to London to the Stitches and Craft show at Olympia (NOT Earl’s Court, as I thought – long walk for a six-year-old!) Here’s us on the train (was at a Posh dinner dance the night before, hence the haggard look): She loved it from the moment [...]