Our city has been hiding under a blanket of mist for the past couple of days, which (I think) looks beautiful (especially from our front door) but it's not fun for travellers stranded at the airport. It's supposed to clear later today. I've been doing some preparation for Slow Stitching in the Barn which takes…

I feel as though I don't have much to say these days. There's certainly a lot going on – work being done, washing hung out, schoolbags packed and groceries bought… but I don't know how much there is to say here on the blog. It's feeling quite autumnal all of a sudden. The mornings are…

Three small animals friends were finished recently for a small friend who turned one. I used some handspun silk/merino to knit them, along with some leftover yarn from this project for their little outfits. I really like knitting these little animals – I've made them for a few other babies in our world – using this…

Tom wears a tie to work most days, and a while back he asked if I would knit him one. After a bit of online research I settled on this pattern and started knitting. The first version I made wasn't quite right, as I used a yarn with cotton content, and the end result was…

In the spring I planted a small tansy plant in the garden, never realising how big it might grow. Now it's early autumn and the plant is taller than me and threatening to take over the flower bed. I really only planted it for embroidery purposes.  I've also been reading that dyeing with tansy can…

a) Scandinavian and Scottish winter weather feels very far away at the moment, but that doesn't mean I don't love looking through the windswept and grey photos of my latest book purchase, Knitting from the North by Hilary Grant. I first heard about this book on Nicole's podcast and fell in love with the aesthetics…

My littlest sister is expecting her first baby soon, and I wanted to make her something useful for everyday Mum-life. She said she had her eye on a particular tote bag and zip case that our sister-in-law used with her first baby. So I took measurements from those items and tried to reproduce them –…