14th Blogiversary!
Oh poor neglected blog. It’s about eighteen months since I last posted. So a little catch-up: I’m still knitting, but not as much as I used to. I have an Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Food and Drink
New blog – Meret
I finished Meret on Thursday I didn’t add any extra repeats, so there’s no slouch. I’m not sure if I’d add more slouch next time or not We had Continue Reading →
Raspberries. Baked not blown.
I’ve had a bit of a foodie weekend. On Saturday I went to the St Fagans Food Festival at the National History Museum. I met up with Amy from Grainy’s Continue Reading →
Pesto and Cookies
No, don’t worry. Not together, that would be gross! The basil I showed you last week is still too young for pesto but I did pick some up at the Continue Reading →
Slightly Delayed Making Monday Post…
I finished knitting the case for my HTC One X and, although I now I have a hard plastic protective case, I’m still very attached to its knitted counterpart so Continue Reading →
I won the lottery…
No, really, I did. Sadly it wasn’t the big prize of £4.4 million but I did get an email today saying that I’d won £10. So, what was I going Continue Reading →
How’d you like them apples?
Sadly not from my garden, but a colleague was selling 2 kilo bags of apples from his garden for only £1 which was a steal. I usually make apple crumbles Continue Reading →
Frustration
I sometimes feel as though I am battling against tasks and self imposed deadlines. That my garden should be perfect and bursting with flowers and vegetables, my home should be Continue Reading →
Busy Baking
So, the first non-bank-holiday day of my week off and I’ve been editing this month’s KnitCast and doing some baking. For years I yearned of making large, moist, chewy chocolate Continue Reading →
In search of a good cuppa
I love tea. I grew up in a household where my nan (grandmother) would brew a pot on the half hour. I even had tea in a bottle when I Continue Reading →