I'm making some changes to my blog, so some of the links may be a bit wiggly till I fix all the connections. Then I shall introduce my new scarves. Eventually I will sell some of my scarves here as well as in my Etsy shop. Meanwhile it snowed on me. What? No! Yes. Hint: This is not w…
I've added some knitting patterns for sale. I also sell patterns on Etsy if you prefer that site. I like my patterns to be straightforward and adaptable. I think if a pattern is only really achievable in one particular yarn it isn't very useful. It should be something that once you …
I just finished a golden yellow scarf and I am quite pleased with how it turned out. The knitting always seems to take longer than I remember. I think it would be a nice color for when the season changes. I'm expecting hot weather, so I might start winning on the slug front. The sun…
This July has had a lot of rain, so I am fighting with slugs that intend to eat all my sunflowers, plus my sunflowers are behind because they haven't had as much sun as last year. (the garden is pesticide free, and I don't actually like to kill slugs because everything has its place, but th…
I have had customers ask me how long a knitted scarf should be when they are buying one for someone. It's also a valid question if you're making a scarf for yourself or for someone else. Usually the minimum length for a knitted scarf is 60 inches or 5 feet long. 6 feet/72 inches is me…
It is so nice to have flowers and leaves again. Winter here lasts what feels like forever. These are ruffle pansies. The secret to flowering pansies is to cut off the dead flowers to keep them flowering. These came as a flat of pansies and then were planted in a tub, which can be placed anywhe…
I didn't blog for a bit because I had snow twice, and my neighbour was building a snowman in May, which is never a good sign! So after a warm week it's raining. And I've spent the week taking photos of spring flowers. My favourite anemones are the red ones (it's more com…
These are snowdrops. I still don't have leaves on the trees though there are buds and the beginnings of leaves. I don't have green grass either! I made some felt pins. Choosing bead combinations is the best bit. I also have some hand stamped Eiffel tower gift tags.
The thing with knitting is that it takes a lot of time, so now I am not knitting so much, I've switched back to embroidery for a bit. This is a photo of a needle book while in progress. It takes several hours to finish a piece, partly because as I sew I am deciding on placement of the flower…
This is the coldest February here in 40 years. As a result, when it briefly warmed up to about -3 Celsius, some deer furtively visited the garden. They are actually quite big, about five feet tall or so, but they have very small feet. So sometimes they might breeze through and you don't noti…
I am freezing. After lots of mild weather the bitter stuff finally caught up with me. When I go outside with birdseed I create excitement. A chickadee threw itself at my feet. It was -25 Celsius with -33 windchill. At night it was -41 windchill. Today heatwave...it's -16 Celsius. It'…