Aldi's Knit a Friend Kit

March 20, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve been tempted to knit something other than a hat or a blanket ever since I got the hang of knitting…well, there was that one time I tried to make myself a chunky cardigan, but it didn’t really turn out right… So, when I was kindly gifted this Knit Kit one Christmas, you’d have thought […]

{they said it would be easy} knitted baby bobble hat

June 12, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

A lot of the time, I get the urge to make something. Anything. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as I’m making something. This usually happens on my lunch break at work when I’m reading blogs or on Pinterest and there’s just so much I want to have a go at. {All of […]

{they said it would be easy} Stitch & Story’s knitted socks

December 6, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m sat here with nit lotion in my hair thinking how do I start this post?…Isn’t parenting glamorous at times?! Anyway, these chunky knitted socks. As soon as I saw the pattern was in November’s issue of Mollie Makes, that was enough for me to buy it. Having used Stitch & Story’s patterns {and won their […]

{they said it would be easy} Tender Loving Clutch by Wool & The Gang

April 27, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve been wanting to have a go at Wool & The Gang‘s clutches for a while now. I’ve made enough hats for the time being…I haven’t got on too well with a couple of clothing items I’d tried making myself, so when I found myself itching to just make something, this seemed like the […]

Pick a name, Any Name.

March 26, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

”Iawn Lei?” you’d say to me when I entered your kitchen. With your fag in your mouth, the ash as long as the fag itself, having not dropped at all. That was a skill right there, Flo! “Lei la lei la lei la lo” you’d sing to babies, swinging them from left to right […]

wool and the gang : florence sweater

April 2, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

it dawned on me the other evening that i had only worn my wool and the gang florence sweater once {knitted by myself i might just add. go me} and there must be a reason for this? after fishing it out of my wardrobe i tried it on and realised what the problem was. the […]