Knitting Now and Then

On Thursday, I went to the first day of the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate, which runs until tomorrow. It was held in the Inter...

I came across Russian Grafting in a post by Fiona on her blog and it immediately struck me as a really neat way of joining two pieces of ...

This post is quite a technical one about knitting, so for any non-knitters who happen to see this - I wouldn't bother reading it. I re...

I was browsing through the Crafts magazine in the library yesterday when I came across a piece on this clock, designed by Siren Elise Wilhe...

On Monday, I went to Sheffield - I had some errands to do in the John Lewis store.  We usually go by car, and  it takes about an hour.  Ther...

In the summer, when my daughter was home, I knitted her a pair of fingerless mitts . Now that it's turned cold enough to want to wear th...

This has been a very good year for fruit of all kinds.  We have just one apple tree, which was already mature when we moved here 20 years ag...