Knitting & crochet
For my birthday this year I received Kate Davies' Colours of Shetland book. It contains patterns for some beautiful knitwear but with Summer on the way I decided to make the Northmavine Hap as it's something I could use before the Winter. The Northmavine hap is a
Garden
You know Spring has officially sprung when you start seeing insects in the garden. I think the warm weather we've had over the last week has coaxed them out from hiding. We built our raised beds a few weeks ago and only thing holding us back from planting
Places
We usually visit Cornwall once or twice a year because we have family there. Normally we go for the odd beach holiday or long weekend but this time we visited for a wedding! We stayed at a beautiful place called The Green, located at Netherton Farm just outside Liskeard. The
Garden
We've made big progress in the garden this week! Last Thursday, four 2.4m softwood sleepers arrived. If you've been following my garden posts you'll know I have been desperate to start building our raised beds. After finally finding the right sleepers and a
Places
Back in October I started cycling to work. We are really lucky to live where we do because we are surrounded by countryside and nearly all of the journey is on scenic back roads. My commute on Monday morning was the best yet. It was very cold (just the way
Garden
Over the weekend I made some treats for the birds. We'd almost run out of fat cake and it's quite expensive to buy if you don't have space to store in bulk, so I thought I'd make my own. I found a
Knitting & crochet
I like to have a craft project to do over the Christmas holidays. It's one of the few times in a year you can sit down for hours at a time and forget about chores/all the other things you should be doing. So when I opened a
Life
At the end of 2013 the inside of my mind was starting to look like this lamp shop. So I decided I needed to switch off for a couple of weeks over Christmas. No emails, no reduced internetting, no pinning and no blogging. I enjoy all of these things but
Knitting & crochet
Let me introduce you to my little friends from the North Pole… I made these crochet reindeer and elves as part of a Christmas campaign for the company I work at and the idea was based upon the robot drop I did for toggle at the beginning of 2012. The
Craft
These little Christmas reindeers are super easy to make and best of all, you hardly need any supplies. The problem with alot of Christmas crafts is you need to buy materials that you'll probably only use for that project. It goes something like: buy a big pot of
Craft
A few days ago I came across the Great Sense Pompom Challenge on Twitter. If you're not familiar with Sense, they are a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. The aim of the pompom challenge is to help raise awareness and
Knitting & crochet
This is the first of my crafty makes for Christmas. I'm making quite a few gifts and cards this year so I need to get cracking. 1 down! The blanket is a Christmas present for my Nan. I was trying to think of gift ideas for her but
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