I have always been attracted to the patterns to be found all around us and when I find them I have to take pictures. I then feel compelled to start blending them with other images to see what I can create. I took this picture in December in Greenwich Park. It was a walkway where the pebbles had parted company with their cement bed leaving these wonderful abstract shapes. Tonight I decided it was time to try blending this with…
Project headboard – completed! I’m so pleased with how this looks and feels, and it was really quite simple to do. I had a few teething problems with the staple gun, but with a little help … I managed to get it all done. My first ever excursion into upholstery!
After just over a month of knitting every day … it’s finally finished! My magnificent blanket. I’m really pleased with how its turned out. My next project is to recover the headboard of my bed. I’m hoping to get that done tomorrow … keep watching this space!
I’m not known for my staying power when it comes to completing knitting projects, so to get to the stage of only having 60 more rows to knit to finish my blanket is really exciting! Watch this space for the completed blanket reveal.
Inspired by Helen Ketteridge on the mousiemakes podcast, I created this cheeky leaf sprite and put him on my altar.
Lughnasadh or Lammas is a time to celebrate the first harvest of the year – the harvest of the grain. As a child I lived in suburban London, sadly removed from the natural rhythms of the countryside. But I do have fond memories of staying in caravans during the long school summer holidays. I was always fascinated by watching the combine harvesters bringing in the grain harvest. Today, the sight of the ripened grain waiting to be harvested still fills…
Big Oooooops! A few days ago when I was updating the software on my site, it crashed and deleted all my posts, images and other content! So …. I’m taking this opportunity to rethink what I want on the site and how I’m going to use it. I’m busy reconstructing the site from scratch and hope to have it running again soon … please be patient with me!