It feels like the days are turning ever so slightly – the afternoon light is more golden than it was last week and the mornings are cooler.  Perhaps inspired by that, I've started a new project to use up all the fabric scraps I can find. I have one of those big plastic storage containers…

I think I write about tansy this time every year – we have a plant growing beside the washing line and it's something nice to contemplate when hanging out the laundry in the morning. I also try to embroider a portrait of the flowers every summer, and you can see this year's effort in the…

I knitted some colourful rainbow-striped socks over the new year – much of the work was done while camping, in fact. Even though I don't usually choose bright colours for the things I make, I really enjoyed making these, especially the way the stripes look a bit like they've been coloured in with a crayon.…

Hello! Somehow it's now February, and so the year really has properly begun. In this post I wanted to show you a few things completed recently, and one just begun.  = = (from top) = = + + I found a patchwork panel piece in a secondhand shop, and had to rescue it. It's been…