Cast On Cast Off

I love my Christmas Roses! I only have three in my garden, two at the front and one at the back but I will be sorry to see them go for another year. They’ve made a beautiful … Continue Reading

**Tab top curtains ** These have been on the ‘To Do’ list for yonks. Anyway, am really pleased with them. They’re fully lined with blackout lining and the fabric is from John … Continue Reading

Here is another set of matryoshka dolls that we love – The Former Soviet Leaders. In size order we have: Yeltsin, Gorbachev, Brezhnev, **Stalin **and Lenin. Quite clearly there … Continue Reading

There are a variety of colour themes floating around in blogland at the moment, Project Spectrum, Colour Week, Color-iffic Swap-o-rama and the Flickr group Catchy Colors has some … Continue Reading

Well **Kiri **started like this……… got washed….. (look at the fluff on the pillowcase I washed it in) and **dyed **with this……….. AND became this lovely citron vert. I had admired … Continue Reading

Go over and checkout other people’s handwriting on Flickr via Logtar. It’s v interesting. Continue Reading

This was a long time in coming and about 6 months late for a first birthday, but at least it’s done! I recall getting the 5″ squares in a bargain bin at a trade show a few years … Continue Reading

I had a request some time ago to make a simple knitted tea cosy and have only just got around to it. I used an old Copley knitting pattern I picked up recently in a charity shop. … Continue Reading

I love everything about my Russian lady – her rosy cheeks and rosebud lips, her glittering gold and beautiful finish. She was brought back from a trip by a dear, dear friend and I … Continue Reading

My final Secret Pal package arrived last week and am long overdue posting….computer issues. I received some lovely Jaeger luxury tweed which is merino/alpaca in pebble 820 and … Continue Reading