For some reason, when you buy chocolate chips here in the UK, the chocolate chips melt in the cooking and stay all mushed up. Hooray for lovely friends like Chris who are willing to do long-distance swaps for Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – wonderful!! Even pao, who doesn’t particularly like Hersheys, likes them. I’ve a [...]
I bet you thought that I’d revealed all my WIPs last month. It’s all coming out of the bag now, isn’t it? This nifty bag was part of a handmade bag swap that I took part in. It is very special because Chris made it and it is a perfect combination of my favourite colours [...]
Thank you, Julie!!! I really wish you could smell the coffee that Julie sent which I started this morning. It smells and tastes incredible!! The coffee is named after a favourite teacher in the town. What a wonderful package: beautiful handpainted Cascade sock yarn which I’ve never tried before; Junior Mints (there may not be [...]
WWC, again? A fourth week in a row. I couldn’t resist this week’s words 2 and Expressive Face. 2 2 freshly knitted socks. For those knitters who are interested they are plan stockinette out of some Hip Knits yarn. Expressive face Grumpy face. I couldn’t resist especially since it is Shrove Tuesday today. 2 and [...]
I definitely want to visit Oxford again. This was a bit of a whistlestop tour as we went on a coach with the Chaplaincy and had to leave at 4.30pm. Also I would like to go during the week when the queues aren’t as long to get into places… As we got off the bus, [...]
pao had ordered me a few more pointy sticks but they only arrived yesterday. Isn’t he sweet? We were visiting Oxford today and he insisted that we head for the only yarn shop in the city: Port Meadow Designs, 104 Walton Street. 01865 311008. I wasn’t sure if it was still a yarn shop because [...]
I was round at Mrs B’s on Sunday and saw this lovely vintage garden planner on their bookcase and squealed with delight. I love things that turn on wheels and this little planner has flowers on one side and vegetables on the other. Mrs B and two of her three beloved house-dwellers told me to [...]
I think I’m addicted to this now This week’s challenge in Abandoned and Z. Abandoned An abandoned beer can at the side of the causeway. Brick leftovers abandoned after the construction of the yellow brick road. The building of the former post office. Now abandoned in favour of a small kiosk within a shop. Z [...]
like a new pair of Rosewood pointy sticks. Lantern Moon ones, no less. Thank you, pao!!
Going to have to rip WIP number 2 back about 10 rows! I thought I might be able to get away with the mistake but it will seem too obvious… There goes an afternoon’s work. I didn’t even realise until I’d gone on quite far. I should have learnt better to work on it when [...]