Hello there! How has your week been? Mine has been a lovely one, even though we've had some proper wintry weather including hail and storms. Something very exciting happened last week – a new baby was born into our family so I have a new niece. I knitted her a little set comprising of a pair…

Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on making a winter coat. I've been wanting to try out a design by Papercut Patterns for a while. They're based in Nelson, my hometown! And I think their designs are fab. Anyway, I bought their Sapporo Coat pattern and made it up from some black…

We have a concrete wall at one side of our house that we don't see much, although it is directly outside the bathroom window. A few weekends ago, Keira and I painted it white and then decided to paint a large-scale botanical design on it. The idea was to create a kind of 'outdoor wallpaper,'…

A few years back I struck it lucky and found a few sets of cotton flannel sheets – definitely vintage but not yet opened from their packaging. Everyone in the family loves this time of year, when the soft and warm winter sheets come out from the depths of the linen cupboard and onto our…

Hello! Today's dispatch comes to you from my desk from where I can hear the glass recycling truck at work on the street and see a kingfisher perched on the powerline. I hope this finds you well. Things have been quite busy in my day-job lately, and so I don't feel I have lots to…