This weeks kit is a felted bulb handbag from The Toft Alpaca Shop. With its distinctive large wooden button I have been hankering after it for months. At £69.00 it is not a cheap buy but under the guise of Christmas my Mother treated me. It took alot of restraint on my behalf not to [...]
I have never been a fan of knitted cute “objects” such as little mice or dinky bunnies. With this in mind why on earth would I want a knitted seaside cottage? It is a total mystery why I tacked this onto my notonthehightstreet.com order but I am glad I did. It is a beginners knitting [...]
Newspaper editors across the land are declaring that in these frugal times Jam making is back in fashion. I can hear my mother’s derisory snort as she reads this 500 miles away – when did it go out of fashion? The reality is that it’s an example of a skill which has been lost and [...]