Keeping the memories alive…
This year I’ve told Patrick that we are going to make sure and do something out of our ordinary routine at least once each month. We often go out for tea and go to the theatre here in Hull so those things won’t count towards our 12 in 12 challenge. We do however spend lots of our weekends at home, we’re not sitting around idle, I’m sewing or some other crafting, or perhaps working on …
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CRAFT Sewing CATEGORY Accessories/Home PATTERN DETAIL Tutorial from Jan Howell on YouTube MADE FOR Gifts FABRIC DETAILS Cotton and polycotton scraps START/FINISH December 2023 I love making little wallets and pouches, they’re quick and satisfying and these were no exception. The past couple of years, I’ve given hand made gifts to my sister and two sisters-in-law for Christmas. Nothing elaborate, last year it was just a crocheted face cloth that I’d made myself and some …
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I was actually more excited about our 3 night break in New York City than the rest of the holiday, as it’s a place I’ve always wanted to to visit, there was a lot of expectation to live up to. I had an itinerary worked out like a military campaign and had bought advance tickets for the Circle Line boat cruise around Manhattan, and Edge observatory on day one. Then day two was the Hop …
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As you know, we love our short breaks in Flamborough and as often seems to be the case, I’d booked for my birthday. The caravan is a different one to the one we usually stay in, a nicer verandah and what we thought was a better kitchen layout – more on that later! It was certainly more modern and comfortable and I liked it better. The views were nice too. For our first afternoon and …
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It’s ages since I did one of these, the last one took us to the end of 2021 and here we are halfway through 2023, I’ll tackle 2022 first shall I? So, what I have been making? Well, lots of different stuff as it happens. All Ravelry links below for the knitting and crochet, to credit the patterns. Picture gallery at the end of the post. First to be started and finished in January 2022 …
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