Very quick post today as unfortunately I’m not well at the moment. Hence the absence of crafty activities to document. You might have heard that we had a lot of snow in South Wales on Friday. I’m not a big fan of snow and neither is Emma. So here’s a pic of Emma disliking the [...]
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It was the Night Before Christmas and the needles were not silent…
I’m so glad that my Christmas gift knitting is over. It was really up to the wire and I won’t be doing that again! I can’t tell you what I knit as some friends have yet to open their presents but I did start knitting myself one on Sunday night All I can say [...]
New Blog – In progress
Not a great amount to blog this week. The Lucky Cat earrings aren’t yet finished. That’s them residing inside one of my jewellery finding drawers. I’ve capped them with little silver beads and am considering adding a clear crystal on top before I attach them to the ear hooks. Knittingwise I’ve got a few [...]
Totoro Waits for the Cat Bus…
but finds that it’s strangely uncooperative… No, he still can’t get a lift anywhere beyond this chair… If you’re mystified as to whom Totoro is then check out this trailer… but finds that it’s strangely uncooperative… No, he still can’t get a lift anywhere beyond this chair… If you’re [...]
My Blue Arbour
I love the colour blue in a garden and when Doug said he wanted to get me an arbour for my birthday, I knew exactly what colour I would paint it. It’s been a work in progress for a while. The staining, with one of Cuprinol’s garden shades, took ages and we still missed little [...]
Garden Makeover in Progress…
Before I rediscovered knitting I had another obsession – gardening. I would tend to my garden daily and grew all sorts of things from seed. And then the yarn came a calling and gardening slowly fell off my radar. I was still interested in plants, it just wasn’t an all consuming obsession. Last year I [...]
It's just not Christmas without having pets dressed as Santa
As can be seen in Martha’s gallery here. 800+ images of pets in various Christmas situations, including many cats sat inside trees. Which has made me wonder Emma will react to the tree when I errect it. Pushkin was very good but then he was an older cat. He did like the ornaments when he [...]