This weekend featured weather that felt like summer, to me. 30 deg C and sunny.

With a weekend to myself, I spent it making the living space in the house hotter still, sewing and pressing to make some tops based on a freebie pattern called Sorbetto.

Shortly after it was published, someone drafted a sleeve pattern to accompany it, and it was ( Read more... )

My back has eased enough that I can run again - or run and walk, 5 mins alternating, which honestly isn't much slower than me running all the time. So I've done 2 runs this week, a long one on Sunday and a lunchtime one yesterday ( Read more... )

 The past couple of days have been very hot and humid for Thamesreach, at 30+ C (10 deg more than typical). In houses and offices not designed for cold or heat or insulating properties, it's pretty sticky ( Read more... )