Five joyful little things from the past few weeks 1. Watching the moon rise over the sea. 2. Baking sourdough bread. Sourdough is the most delicious alchemy, but I stopped baking it on a regular basis because yeasted loaves felt…
On the needles Strathendrick is still going. Honestly, I think that getting this sweater done in two weeks was always a bit of a stretch! I did try, but I was starting to get pains in my wrists and arms from…
Five joyful things from the past fortnight. 1. YarndaleI still can’t quite believe that this was my first ever fibre festival, but I had a great time there. Skipton is a beautiful little town, and the weather was so perfect…
This quick and simple spiced pear and butterscotch cake is beautifully autumnal. Ground almonds add a subtle nuttiness that really complements the spiced pear flavour. Delicious! We have a September birthday ritual in our house. Every year Graeme decides on…
1. Ice-cream from Di Meo’s in Whitley Bay. If you’re ever up in the North East I urge you to take a trip to Whitley Bay to try Di Meo’s ice-cream – it is so so good! They make their…
I really did have every intention of sewing on my Carbeth buttons over the weekend, but instead I’ve been completely consumed with a new cast on. Strathendrick won me over as soon as I saw it back in January – it’s the exact…
Five things… Wednesday. Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, but Friday managed to slip away from me last week. Still, a lot of good things have happened over the past fortnight and I wanted to note them down….
On the needles Still on the needles: Carbeth cardigan. I gave up completely on meeting the Summer of Basics deadline. I will definitely finish the projects in my plan eventually, but by the time I decided to play along it was…
An old school friend has just had his first baby, so it was only natural that I take a little unscheduled Carbeth cardigan break to whip up a little gift knit! It took me a while to settle on a…
Can you believe I had to swatch for this four times?! I’m a notoriously lazy swatcher and it’s possibly my least favourite part of the process, so having to make four different swatches tested my patience a bit! But after all…
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