Here's a little bit of spring floral for your Tuesday morning.  I love these tiny little bulbs that come up in the garden every September. I don't know what they're called. (Maybe you do?) Inspired by all this floral activity going on outside, I've been doing some embroidery work. I sent a parcel of completed…

Good morning! Thank you for your thoughtful comments on my last post. And for understanding. I thought you might like to see some projects that Tom and I have been working on, with the help of some builders and our mate Dan. The project has been going on for most of the winter, and involved…

It's nice to be back in the blogging spirit. I'm not sure what happened over the past month – I suddenly couldn't bring myself to find the camera, think of what to write, or even log in here at my site.  With so many horrendous and heartbreaking things happening every day on earth, I found…

It's nearly the end of winter, at least, there are signs all around. The clematis vine on our fence is in flower, and the days are stretching out a little longer. The new light is very welcome. For some reason, I haven't been feeling inspired to write here, or indeed, to even pull my camera…

 Yes, another botanical photo plus embroidery-in-progress! It's all I seem to have these days, I'm afraid.   Can you believe that beautiful white rose braved the hail and almost-snow to bloom, all alone, on an otherwise very bare plant? I had to bring it inside before the wind got it. The all-over embroidery patterns on…

I'm sorry, dear blog, for the neglect. I've been away from home (i.e. in an office) a lot these days but today was spent home with an unwell child, so I took the opportunity to take some photos. We also did some crafty things, made lemon and honey drinks, watched cartoons and listened to an…

A few weeks ago I posted photos of some quirky and somewhat strange craft projects from The Book of Creative Crafts (1978). But in the book there are also some projects I really like – so I am posting those here today. What do you think? Would you make any of these? – duvet cover…

– All-over berry embroidery, in progress – Some supplies: silk from The Fabric Store (I'm thinking about making a dress from it) and dark yellow alpaca 4 ply yarn (drops) that I'm thinking deeply about. Grey and yellow striped fingerless gloves? A tiny baby's spring cardigan? What would you make? – Morning tea, soon to…

I finished the little baby vest (first blogged about here) to donate to the neonatal unit of our local hospital. It was a comfort-knit for me, in those quiet hours after the day's tasks were done. And I like thinking about the baby who might wear it one day. I hope you're having a lovely…

Hand knits have been a big feature of my winter so far – both in making and wearing. Travelling to work requires hats, mittens and scarves and knitting is relaxing after a long day in the office. So all in all, it's the perfect winter activity. The hat on top is my most recent finished…