Summer is over and Autumn is coming to an end. Colder temperatures mean we’ll be spending more time in the house. More time to cook, bake and enjoy food and drink. It is about being content and creating a pleasant environment and a connection with nature and the outdoors.
The Auricula Theatre became the in thing in the Victorian era. A good friend of mine made me one. Not quite as elaborate as this one but I love it all the same.
Well we’ve come to the last day of the Knit a long and it’s the first day of Spring! I hope you have enjoyed knitting the patterns as much as I have enjoyed writing all but one of them and putting it together. I’d love to see more of your photos, even if you’ve just…
When I was thinking about all things Winter I looked at my Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairy book and I came across the The Horse Chestnut Fairy…
I’ve always fancied foraging for wild edible plants. I have berries at the allotment in the plot and in the hedgerow. I like them because they don’t always require preparation and cooking and, added to vodka or gin they are amazing. It would be great to find nuts and mushrooms too. Our world really is…
It’s Saturday morning. Comfy clothes. Late breakfast of raisin pastries for sustenance before a hard afternoon with a ball of wool.
Thank you for joining the Spring KAL. Thank you also to the knitters of the Winter KAL whom I asked to send me their favourite Spring words. They sent me lots and I’ve use them as my inspiration for the next 20 days of projects.
