BlogHide Resteemsflowertron (72)in knitting • 25 days agoSock Making - 27 October 2024As we near the end of October I proudly present the first sock I’ve knitted using Lidl's sock yarn. I’ve briefly told you about the yarn here . I now have 72g left of the 100g ball. I’m…flowertron (72)in ladybird • 27 days agoPine Ladybird - 25 October 2024Two photos of the same ladybird I was really intrigued by this really dark rounded insect. I had no doubt it was a ladybird but I could only detect the ‘spots’ when taking a close-up photo.…flowertron (72)in knitting • 28 days agoSock Making - 24 October 2024I’ve now finished this pair of socks I wrote about here . I’m really happy I’ve knitted a pair in less than 2 months and that I know I don’t have to unravel or change the pattern instructions…flowertron (72)in knitting • last monthSock Making - 21 October 2024DIY Cardboard Sock Blocker in action Here’s an update of my sock making. When I made a pair of socks that I wrote about here , here , and here I had a lot of yarn left. I decided…flowertron (72)in art • last monthA Dose of Art - 18 October 2024Close-up of A Dose of Art I accompanied a friend to a hospital appointment and while I was waiting I got a bit hungry. Fortunately the hospital had a Costa cafe although this was a bit…flowertron (72)in crafts • last monthMaking a Dog Bed #2 - 17 October 2024I told you in this post about how I made a quick bed for this gentle dog by joining two pillows and wrapping in a bath towel which I then sewed. That bed is now really bad and needing to be…flowertron (72)in nature • last monthSmooth Newt - 16 October 2024While on a walk late evening yesterday I was surprised to see this sight on a rock near a little pond. It was too dark to get a clearer photo but decided to have a go anyway. I’m surprised how…flowertron (72)in knitting • last monthCharlie's Shop - 13 October 2024I went shopping to Charlie’s again yesterday. Last time I visited the shop I wrote about it here . Above you can see the outside view of this big shop. You can tell that it’s the new season…flowertron (72)in nature • last monthNorthern Lights - 11 October 2024Last night when my friend went out to walk her small dog she returned very quickly and asked me if I thought the sky was a bit pink. We started looking and then remembered the famous northern…flowertron (72)in knitting • last monthAldi Yarn Event - 7 October 2024I found it a bit hard to contain my excitement when I finally found the yarn event at Aldi’s. I wrote about this here and then about my disappointment here . For me it was great just to…flowertron (72)in kidwelly • 2 months agoA Visit to Kidwelly #1 - 6 October 2024Yesterday I may have discovered a town with a cat as a mascot. The name of the place is Kidwelly and it’s in South Wales, UK. When I visited I noticed there were quite a few cats painted…flowertron (72)in pets • 2 months agoThree Pet Rabbits - 3 October 2024I wrote about my friends’ rabbit keeping some time ago. There were four rabbits but after a relatively short while only one rabbit remained. The rabbits were in a big open enclosure and…flowertron (72)in knitting • 2 months agoSocks : Fixing a Felted Cuff - 30 September 2024Back in June I wrote a post update about the bright yellow socks I knitted and gave to a friend. She put them in the long wash and the orange ribbing cuff shrank. This meant that she…flowertron (72)in cooking • 2 months agoBaking : Iris Biscuits - 27 SeptemberPlease sir, can I have some more? Ever since I read it I was keen to try the recipe for dog biscuits that @marpa posted here . The recipe didn’t look that difficult and I happened to have…flowertron (72)in sock • 2 months agoSock Knitting Digest - 26 September 2024I thought it would be a good idea for my future sock projects to compile a sort of Sock Digest where I list the posts I’ve written about a specific type of sock I’ve just finished knitting.…flowertron (72)in knitting • 2 months agoZig Zag Socks : Blockers - 25 September 2024As I’m giving these socks away as a present I thought it would be a good idea to display them in the best possible way. I thought of using sock blockers to help shape them nicely so they’re not…flowertron (72)in knitting • 2 months agoZig Zag Socks : Update - 24 September 2024One of my friends loved the yarn colour and asked me to make him a pair of socks. As I was knitting the second sock anyway I said if the finished sock fitted okay he could have this pair (it saves…flowertron (72)in shopping • 2 months agoCharlie's Shop - 22 September 2024I was visiting Wales this weekend again and went to a big shop called Charlie’s . The shop had a bit of everything from biscuits to clothing to gardening and tools; of course it also had a big…flowertron (72)in crochet20w2 • 2 months agoDouble Crochet Circle - 20 September 2024Today I looked again at the second crochet lesson available here . I found some yarn I bought ages ago in a shop called Poundland because sometimes it has good yarn offers. This…flowertron (72)in knitting • 2 months agoYarn Event Update - 19 September 2024I was really focused on getting to the supermarket on a non-shopping day to try and get some of that nice cheap yarn at Aldi’s. I wrote about their promotional leaflet here . The earlier you…
