D-d and I got together in my kitchen yesterday to make some festive things that use natural materials ( Read more... )

I have decided that the advice from last Christmas is just as apt this one - especially with the stormy weather -


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I have had a nicely busy week. I'm afraid I have probably missed posts as I sort of skimmed my FList either over breakfast or before bed, and I am sure I wasn't going far enough back or, to be honest, concentrating properly. My apologies ( Read more... )

The days hurry by ( Read more... )

As it's half term NYK2 spent yesterday at our house so we could do the prep for Hop-tu-Naa together ( Read more... )

Today I have been involved in an upcycling project for NYK2 ( Read more... )

So - lifeboat. As I mentioned it is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the RLNI. This is especially important to our island as Sir William Hillary, the founder, lived in Douglas and is buried here. As part of the celebration one of the knitting ladies is making a wall hanging to go in the town centre and asked me to needle felt her a ( Read more... )

I forgot to note down that we had around 30 children visiting us for Hop-tu-Naa, going by how many bags of sweeties we got through ( Read more... )

I said I would write more about the talk and workshop last Saturday ( Read more... )

I have been having fun with self-patterning chunky yarn. It is fun as it knits up quickly and works best with a simple pattern.

So - I knitted myself a jumper;


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