One of those faces…

Wednesday 26th February 2020

I think I just have one of those faces. No, not my resting piss-off face. I think I have a face, or maybe it’s body language, that makes people talk to me.  By which I don’t mean you, or...

One Day, in October (Diary)

Tuesday 22nd October 2019

As you know I don’t really keep a diary, except maybe this blog.  But if I did, the entirely truthful account of one day in October would definitely be part of it.  Very early, make way onto...

The Van Diaries

Friday 27th September 2019

If I wrote a diary (I don’t) and it was about my VW camper, these might be extracts. Late July. My friend of many decades, Jean, comes round in her old but lovely VW camper, Freddie.  This is...

Van Knitting

Saturday 14th September 2019

Well, a life-long ambition has been realised.  All my adult life I have wanted a VW camper van – and now I have one.   Anne van Shirley with Arthur looking on, taken near sunset at Steart...

My Other Life

Monday 5th August 2019

Not, I am afraid, as interesting as that title might suggest.  Sorry, as ever, to disappoint. But I do have another life, beyond, or maybe beside knitting. Before I came to knitting, my child, I had...

Dear Diary: the dachshund edit

Tuesday 25th June 2019

A few extracts from my (fictional) diary – the content is real, I just don’t really write it down.  The time-scale is huge. Here is Rupert, dozing in the rare sunshine, this summer: 2nd...

What’s Been Occurring?

Monday 3rd June 2019

Hi there, world. I used to be Little Miss Blog-Alot.  Now I don’t, so much.  Why, Ali? Well, I see site traffic so I know people visit me, but the blog is very quiet and it seems a bit...

WIP Amnesty Day 2019 and the Tale of Jenny’s Cardigan

Friday 19th April 2019

This year, for the first time, we held a WIP amnesty day.  Instead of the usual 7 or 8 attendees, we had 14 knitters here and so we used both downstairs rooms.  The concept was:  bring a WIP or...

Films – late March/early April

Wednesday 3rd April 2019

No cinema films other than one late screening of a release that is about 2 years old.  I saw Puzzle as it was an ‘if you missed this first time round’ screening at Scotts.  But you can...

New Products on The Site

Thursday 21st March 2019

I am slowly adding products to the website. I have started with Pom-Poms, a chunky, subtly sparkly hat (or scarf) yarn, called Lady Lame (pronounced laa-may, not lame), and a lovely, soft 100% pure...