Little Tin Bird

It’s hard to believe that less than a week ago I was stood on the patio of my mother in law’s house in Dorset. We were in Dorset for about 6 hours, goodness me that was a mad weekend! We left Yorkshire at 8:30 on Friday night and drove to Northants (to my mum’s house). [...]

The word “home” has many connotations. Safety, comfort, sanctuary, belonging and warmth are the first five that come into my mind when I think of Home. While we were renting our first flat (and the house that followed that, after our 5 months of living with our own parents again), although it was the place [...]

We are certainly experiencing some extremes of weather here in North Yorkshire! In the last three weeks we have had glorious HOT sunshiney days, then two days of snow, fog, pouring rain, on and off showers and even a sudden angry burst of hail this lunchtime. Fortunately I carry my brolly with me and so [...]

Easter Statistics Easter eggs eaten: 1.5 Chocolate animals eaten: 0 (look the bunny is called Bramble like my real bunny!) Guests entertained: 1 (Andy’s dad) Bathroom tiles adhered to wall: 200 (approx) (Not by me) Meals cooked to feed hungry workers: 8 (not including breakfasts) Cups of tea drank: 394492 Crochet projects worked on: 3 [...]

It covers my toes and comes up to my neck … time to start the border I think! Although that involves making a ripple straight so I miiiight juuuust leave that until after lunch :-) Edited to add: All yarn details (and chain length etc) on my original post HERE and a little bit about [...]

Lately I’ve been hooking up some granny squares. I’ve had granny squares on my mind for ages, do you ever get that feeling where you just want to sit and hook granny squares? I think granny square blankets are so lovely and there are so many inspiring pictures of them around the internet. I’ve only [...]

** Carrot cake for breakfast ** train ride with my mum and Alice ** Celandines flowering on my walk to work ** trees with shoots and trees in bloom ** red and yellow tomatoes for lunch ** absorbing fantastic new music ** a frustrating trip to Leeds that did not have any clothes that I [...]

I’m enjoying making my Monthly Mosaics very much and I’m pleased that I’m on track with this one and am actually posting it on the last day of the month. This makes me happy! This month then, we have had: Cups of tea whilst working on my Rainbow Ripple, lovely light evenings thanks to the [...]

This is the Ta-Daaaaah post for my third baby blanket of the year. I like to think of it as Baby Blanket Number 2 (this baby is due before the baby that is receiving the 2nd blanket that I made), I just made them in the wrong order. This is for my cousin, who is [...]

The first part of Ilkley Moor is easy to climb. There are steps! Rough, uneven steps but steps nonetheless and they take you to a little hut with benches in it that we love to sit in. You may remember this hut from HERE. The view from the front of the hut is above, the [...]