Stuff
This is where I post about things I have tried and enjoyed or not enjoyed.
Cross my heart
About the project: Cross my Heart is another Wool and the Gang kit. I loved the picture on the website because it's a wrap top in super chunky yarn that I thought would suit me. Let's be honest, I do like the idea of showing off my collarbone, though I'm not sure...
Fastlove Tunic
About the project: I chose the Fastlove Tunic in kit form from Wool and the Gang. I liked the design of the piece and the fact that the yarn is made of upcycled denim offcuts from the jeans industry. I forgot that I already have a perfectly lovely blue cotton sweater....
Cooling his heels
Twelve Drummers drumming
Finally, here we are, the last in this 12 days of Christmas series, a review of 2019 through my eyes. Today's only the 5th of January and 2020 feels old already. I'm feeling quite glum about what's to come and the state of the world and I have more or less run out of...
The jumper of idiocies (or tying up loose ends)
Here’s the story, because there’s always a story. I started making this jumper for James in the summer of 2014. He had just got his A level results, which were better than we had anticipated, and was wondering what to do next. As he was waiting to apply to McGill...
A weekend in the kitchen
I’ve always been fond of cooking, especially when it’s not a question of the drudgery of planning, shopping and preparation every day. There are few things are comforting on a cold, dark November Sunday afternoon than baking a cake but I don’t even do that anymore...
Hydration is key
Watching
Ruby Rabbit
You know how some people are neat and tidy and artistic and somehow their baking always comes out perfectly risen all over; they can actually paint watercolours whose subjects are recognisable; their flower arrangements always look arranged and not just chucked...
Sea urchin
Snapped this sea urchin on the quayside at Sai Kung near a fishing boat. Maybe it was making a run for it. Hard to tell, really.