Reading Time: 5 minutesLast year I collected some dyers rocket or weld (Reseda luteola) that was growing locally, in abundance, on waste ground just off a cycle path I know. It stopped me in my tracks. ‘That looks familiar’, I thought. The spike-like flowers, growing out of a rosette of slim, spear-shaped leaves were distinctive. They were growing as far as […]
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Recent knitting FOs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA pattern published in (Yarn Forward February Issue 9) for Madison Scarf which I’ve had for some time and was handy as a ‘stash buster’. I have the usual knitters infliction of an expanding yarn stash and need to find ways to keep it under control. I also have the tendency to knit in one […]
Queen of Procastination
Reading Time: 2 minutesI love knitting – it takes up much of my spare time, but I can’t help getting tempted by a few other crafts. I started out with knitting, crochet and dressmaking long ago, and have accumulated a couple of new interests along the way. Much fun is had, but fitting it all in is a […]
