A whole month without an update – and it’s not as if I’ve been sitting twiddling my thumbs! At last, I have some yarn for you. Summery colours, autumnal colours – something for everyone. Imminent update to take place on Saturday. **New yarn** – Flibbertigibbet in Encore (BFL/nylon) – 1 skein Rosy Cherub in Blush [...]

Before Just a canvas and pinboard to hang, a bit of beading round the loft hatch, some missing airbricks to replace and pipework to be boxed in, some shelving to acquire for dye bottles, tiling to do but it’s as good as ready. Photos aren’t brilliant as I took them this evening after finishing the [...]

The next batch of sock clubs will be starting from September for a three-month period once again. I’ve emailed the original members to see if anyone would like to rejoin and they have until midday BST 7th August to confirm if they would after which date, I’ll open up any places left to anyone interested [...]

Usually, the weeks go past in a whirlwind, but last week everything whipped into a crescendo as school “winds down” for the summer holidays. We had two sports days, a school trip, a school play, SATs results, two schools discos, two practice days at secondary school and a prize-giving day to come. It is a [...]

To save this blog from becoming the clanging blog of doom, tonight we have some photos of progress on the royal workshop/garage/shed/SQudio – call it what you want. We have been painting like mad for the last three or four evenings to get it ready for flooring, storage, worktops, Belfast double sink, hob etc next [...]

Twas a sad day today as I had to take Jock the cat to the vet as he’d lost a lot of weight over the last week or two and turns out he had bowel cancer and the vet said there was nothing that could be done and it was kinder to put him to [...]

Huge congratulations to Sue from Knit Happens in Newbury knitting group who teaches textiles at Park House School and who organised a workshop last week and got loads of interest. Check out the video link of the press coverage. I’m not sure how long the story will stay there, so worth a look now! Fantastic [...]

As you may be aware, work has come to halt on the royal estate for the time being as the new workshop is being constructed. Tis neither a shed (pah!) nor a listed building (as some have suggested), but a humble garage or gar-age as my grandmother who spent most of her married life in [...]