Yarn shop owners, and people who attend yarn shop events, this is for you. On my new website, I have a courses page and each month I will feature a selection of 3 events on the Feature facility of my...

More films. I went to see Glass, as I mentioned in my last film review post.  It was *OK*.  Better than Split and not as good as Unbreakable.  It has the feel of a very low-budget film (aside from...

Maybe, Baby is a new design that debuted at Knit Camp in November 2018. A few basics: It is a sweater-top capelet. It is knitted in the round and also flat. I rate it as easy – moderate. It...

I am celebrating my new website by launching a new event for 2020.  Hat Day, which will be on 7 March 2020.  Here it is. A hat is a humble accessory.  But I love them because they are fast to...

The latest films I have been to see or have watched on Netflix or Prime. Stan and Ollie. Just go. It’s lovely, gentle, funny, touching, interesting and well acted.  The actors who play Laurel...

I watch a lot of films, and no, they are not all Hallmark, though I do love a big dose of schmaltz. Don’t you? I watch these mainly on Netflix and Prime, also BBC iplayer, but in 2019 I am also...

My January Newsletter just went out, so if you think you ought to have seen it, check your spam folder and/or ask me to make sure you are on the list. If you want to go onto the list, please let me...

We knitters are practical folk.  There is no virtue to us, really, in a random knitting project that will not have a practical purpose.  Our labours are aimed at producing A Thing that someone will...

Knit Camp week:  time, as always before a BIG THING that I have to do, assumes odd dual-personality and both slows down to snail-pace and also speeds up.  Note that hours drag, but days fly. Wish I...

5.50 am on the morning of the event.  Lily and I meet on the landing. Me:  morning. Lily: Me: Later, dressed and in the kitchen. Me:  porridge or banana or both? Lily: *elaborate urging noise* I...