The last time we met, I was in the trenches with a massive project. Now it is finished, and I am really pleased. It was a 30th birthday gift for Lily. Design-wise it was a fair way outside what I...

I am knitting a huge Fairisle blanket. It’s a gift for Lily.  This blanket is inspired by Lily’s love for the current hugely popular trend for gingham (and all things old-fashioned; now...

Oh come on, it’s only been 5 years. What’s 5 years between friends? The last 5 years have honestly passed in a dream. Or sometimes, a fever dream. And sometimes, if I am really honest, in...

Hello old friends I have been silent – unusual I know. This year, I took the decision to cease teaching. I had intended to carry on teaching for a few places, especially the lovely Knitting...

Rupert (AKA Clipperdown Ralph Lauren) left us last Saturday. He died very suddenly, and even though I wasn’t there, Mark was and Arthur was beside him. Mark believes he had a massive heart...

I am still not knitting, really. A friend of mine though, I suspect to get me going – like roadside assistance only for stalled knitters, asked me to knit a tea cosy for him, and before I had...

EDIT: the holiday company I linked to has now contacted me to say they agree, they are taking that wording down and removing from the Visit Somerset website.  This is great news, so I have removed...

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...

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...

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...