We’ve had quite a year so far with pageantry and celebratory events for the Queen’s incredible platinum jubilee. Out came the union jack patterns of…
I’ve been involved in a madcap project recently to yarnbomb a local town’s bandstand for the jubilee celebrations. I’ve visited villages that go in for…
Gosh how the days whizz by. It doesn’t seem five minutes since I was happily sat in a cottage in Derbyshire last summer with a…
There are so many absolutely fabulous new pogrammes on day time tv at the moment. Not that there is really any excuse for anyone to…
Where I help out as a volunteer room steward, the country house concerned has opened the ‘below stairs – butlers pantry’ experience that literally goes…
It’s funny how you can be using a particular machine for years and not realise it has this feature or that. If you don’t have…
Great things come to certain hobbies and sectors of industry when a television programme suddenly takes off and becomes the ‘go to’ family watch of…
There is something really fascinating about watching someone else knitting – I am not a tidy knitter in terms of the tension. With two single…
There’s something comforting about home baking. Apart from the obvious benefits of knowing what has gone into the item, the massive reduction in costs is…
It’s surprising how quickly you can brush up on a faintly acquired skill. I’ve had the joy of making some unusual and cute clothes pin…