Knitting for Digory

I've finished my latest bit of knitting and it's being very ably modelled here by Digory, our four month old godson. It's a little large for him at the moment which is perfect, because knitting faster than he grows is currently a small challenge! I had a bit of a play with the pattern for this one. It's Pembroke and is designed for a worsted weight yarn. What I had in my yarn box though was Sirdar...

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Photo Friday

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Life's a Game 7: Uno

This year we're sharing with you our game of the month. These are all favourites from our collection, or ones we play with our friends. July's game is Uno. Uno is a fantastically simple game, but one that has provided us with lots of amusement over the years, particularly when we get together with the same university friends I mentioned here. To play Uno you use a special bright and colourful...

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The Art of Letting Go

We're very proud today to be able to share with you an extract from The Art of Letting Go, fantastic debut novel of Chloe Banks, and particularly excited to be one of the first as today is publication day. I hope you enjoy this taster and I'd thoroughly recommend the rest of the book - I certainly devoured it! It is now available in both paperback and Kindle format...

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The Great Swift Bake Off: Round 6 - Picnic Pies

This round of the Great Swift Bake Off it is time for hot water pastry. This dough is a bit of an odd beast - no chilling it in the fridge and if it gets too cold it goes very stiff and is impossible to work. Conversely too hot and it slumps and rips the moment you handle it. I wanted to be a bit different from the standard pork based affair and spent ages scratching around through recipes before...

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Photo Friday - Tintern Abbey

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A Bedroom Makeover 6. More Labels

A rather photo heavy post with the rest of the box labels... Joe asked that this one looked like a toddler had been allowed near the glitter. It certainly went all over the table so I think that counts! Calculators, hole punch, staplers etc... Getting photos of more of the shelves together was a little tricky without all the labels reflecting the light and turning...

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A Bedroom Makeover 5. Labels

It's been a couple of months and our new guest room has been tested by a few people with great success. Meanwhile we've been working away at one of the final details that's taken a fair bit of effort. When we made our final decision to go with boxes full of stuff rather than shutting it away in cupboards one of the things that swung us was the scope for a bit of creativity. We bought boxes of many...

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