New era, new tax code…
Today I finally did it! I declared myself self-employed! It’s a huge step and frankly quite a scary one. I’ve been trying to do it for so long now that it’s strange now that it’s finally come along. I know what it means financially and legally, I also know what impact it will have on [...]
Say hello Sophie…
Sophie has a face!!! As you can see – Sophie can now say hello and see everyone! I am so glad I decided to make the eyes whilst the head was still open, it allowed me to secure them properly. I also then did the mouth after I had finished the head so I could [...]
An earthquake and a virus…
Well, I’ve been a pathetic little pile of headachy silliness for a few weeks now but I finally trotted off to the doctors on Monday to be told I have a virus. Do doctors just say that when they have no idea what is wrong? He’s told me to take it easy for a few days and [...]
Sweet little Sophie…
It’s my niece’s birthday on the 5th March so I thought I’d knit her Ysolda’s Sophie. It’s a gorgeous pattern and will match the Elijah toy Lizzie got for Christmas. Here she is… And last night I started to stuff her head. I only have 4 more rows before I finish her head but before I do I’m [...]
Gretel – what went wrong?
I have spent the last 2 days apart from Gretel – things have got too painful now, we’ve grown apart – I can’t even look at her!! Let me show you what went wrong…Does this look right? No – because somehow I’ve totally altered the pattern!!!! I have no idea what I’ve done – [...]
Slight gretel problem – don’t panic!
Well I thought Gretel was going really well until I knew in my gut it wasn’t! I had a problem with the cable didn’t I?!?!? But this was quickly solved by getting the new Gretel instructions from Ysolda. I had read ‘knit in pattern as set’ as continuing with the previous line when actually [...]
Bustin’ out…
Any of you crafty girls out there that haven’t heard of Bust magazine? If not then you should definitely get hold of a copy – it’s great. I’ve had a subscription for a few years now and the issues I don’t have I try to get on ebay – one went yesterday but I missed it (I [...]
Sunny day and more knitting cases…
As promised, I took some pictures on the way to work this morning – I can’t really capture how pretty Sheffield is in the sun though. Here is a shot of the allotments which run near my house. We’ve had our name down on the list for one of those for 4 years now!! We’ll [...]
Valentines Day cuteness…
I couldn’t resist a picture of this – isn’t this the cutest thing you ever saw. Lola was awake until I took the picture and then she wouldn’t take her eyes off me. She’s like a little guard dog – she sleeps with one eye open!
Gretel, we love you!
I have just about finished the band of the hat now and it looks great so far. I’m glad I have passed the first hurdle and I can’t wait to start the cables (I love them!). I’m feeling a little full of cold which could be explaining the huge headache I have had all week [...]
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