Author: Hannah

Finish-It February: Part One

We’re almost at the middle of February and I realised that as part of my “Finish My WIPs” goal for this year, it made sense to join in with “Finish-It February”. I’m not sure who it started with – but... Continue reading →

Our Exciting Adventure Across Europe: Day Three
Travels by Train

Day Three and our first overnight train. I was a little worried I’d get no sleep but actually it turned out not too bad. The night wasn’t smooth. At one point the train stopped. We switched carriages or engines, and... Continue reading →

Berlin to Zurich: Day Two of Our Exciting Adventure Across Europe

Day Two came around too quickly. Between noisy people outside and noisy guests on our corridor, I didn’t sleep that well. There was a school group staying in the hostel so when it was breakfast it was very busy. But... Continue reading →

Hello October (2023 Edition)

Well Hello there. Once again plans were made and plans failed but we get back up and try again right?? It’s October first. Between two friends visiting from the UK (not specifically to see us but we were a happy... Continue reading →

Our Exciting Adventure Across Europe: Day One

As someone who grew up in the UK, travelling to Europe seemed sort of far away – even if it wasn’t really. I grew up in Bedford which is about an hour north of London by train and so to... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: Novice Slipover by PetiteKnit
Made in 2023: Project 11

Just after my birthday in 2022, I was trying to work out what to do with my birthday money. In the end, I picked out a Petite Knit pattern and headed to Nicoline Garn to spend it. It didn’t seem... Continue reading →

My Finished Object: Granny Squares
Made in 2023: Project 10

Each week Chris calls his Mum and they talk about what’s been going happening here and there. I nearly always end up talking about whatever project is on the go at the moment. A conversation recently turned to granny squares... Continue reading →

A Year in Review: Happy Birthday to Me

It was my birthday this week. It was all a bit of a mixed bag as Chris was away and I had work so it was an early start for me at the boys (5.45 to get everyone to school... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Knitting Needles: Farm Beanie by Sparrow Play
Made in 2023: Project 4

Over the Easter Weekend, I started and finished the Farm Beanie by Sparrow Play. It’s a really easy beanie to get knitting while we worked our way through different TV shows. Mum had been watching Den Som Dræber (Lost: Those... Continue reading →

Exploring Denmark: Copenhagen Christmas Displays
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I love Christmas. I love the Christmas markets and watching the Christmas adverts but I also love looking at the Christmas decorations, either in the streets or in the shop windows. In the UK, I’d go to Oxford/Regent Street to... Continue reading →

Five Ways to Promote Your Blog
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As a blogger it’s easy to get caught up with creating new content but not always promoting it the way you should. Sometimes you need to take it back to basics and walk through the ABCs so to speak to... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Knitting Needles: Rainbow Baby Blanket
Made in 2023: Project 4

Project 4 is finished! Again it’s knitting. It’s a rainbow blanket for a friend of mine who is expecting her first baby. We’ve only been friends a few weeks and because of where I met her and the changes that... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Knitting Needles: Baby Booties
Made in 2023: Project 1

When I heard just before Christmas that my friend was pregnant, I got my knitting needles out and got started one something lovely for her and her baby. We might not be as close friends as we were maybe 10... Continue reading →

A Brain Dump on a Rainy Afternoon

Both R and I are sick today…. We both have a cold. I’ve had a sore throat since Sunday and hoped that was it but it just seems to be getting worse. Whenever I get a cold, it always starts... Continue reading →

The 91 Interesting Books I Read in 2022

How? How did I manage to read 91 books in one year. Well the biggest factor is that life changed a heap I guess. Between job searching here in Denmark and then Rex starting at nursery there was time for... Continue reading →

ChatGPT vs Knitting: Can an OpenAI Write A Knitted Jumper Pattern That Works?

ChatGPT seems to have popped up all over the place for different things. I think it has definitely divided opinion. I don’t know that much about it but Chris was telling me how they were discussing it’s uses at work.... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: Tweedy Junior (1 and 2)

During October and November, I worked on two jumpers. One was for my nephew and the other was for my friend’s daughter/Rex’s bestie. Similar to post earlier in January, now that Christmas has been and gone, I can actually share... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: French Macaroon Jumper

Back in July, I finished this jumper for my Niece’s first Christmas – now that Christmas has been and gone I can actually share about it. For years I’ve had this pattern – French Macaroon Jumper on my “to knit... Continue reading →

The 2023 Gram Challenge (with @RachelisKnitting)

I saw this on Instagram and decided it was the kind of challenge I could do. 2023 grams of yarn knitted or crocheted in 2023… not that hard right? The idea is that you keep track or weigh your project... Continue reading →

31 Inspiring Blog Prompts for January

I don’t know about you but some months, I think this is the month that I’m going to get this blogging thing back on track and then I get brain freeze and can’t think of anything to write about so,... Continue reading →

Knitting and Crochet Projects Completed in 2022

After following the progress of Boston Jen and Jasmine from the Knitmore Girls during their destash challenge, I sat down and wrote a list of all the things that I had made this year. A lot of it involved going... Continue reading →

In A Tangle – Episode 3 – Show Notes

Hello friends! Well it’s been a while – welcome back for Episode 3 of In A Tangle. There was a plan and then I had sick kids and it all went to pieces. So I’m back by myself for this... Continue reading →

January’s Coming – Time for A New Journal?

Each year like so many other planner people, I start thinking about a new planner. This year it started to brew around September when the new Hobonichi planners were released. My friend was ordering, so we shared the shipping and... Continue reading →

My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open…

… 4 of them are frozen and I have no idea where the music is coming from. I’d like to say this a one off or maybe it just happens when I’m overwhelmed but some days it’s the norm and... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Shawlography by Stephen West

This time last year, we were heading towards Clue 4 of Shawlography which was the MKAL from West Knits for 2021. I’d been discussing it with my knitting friends prior to moving to Copenhagen and when I got here, the... Continue reading →

Trains, Planes and Buses – An Adventurous Kulturnatten 2022

For one night in October, more than 250 locations across the city open for Copenhagen’s biggest annual one-day event, Kulturnatten. The whole city comes to show off its many sides of cultural life. The first Kulturnatten was in 1993 and... Continue reading →

Two Frogged Projects in One Night

It got drastic on the knitting front. If you follow me on Instagram (or have had a listen to Episode 1 of In A Tangle) then you know that my goal was to finish the projects that I had already... Continue reading →

Blogtober: Day 2 – All The Plans

Blogtober is a blogging challenge to post every day in October. Well, I say everyday, will that happen? We’ll see! So I’m starting with my goals for the month – and as you might have already seen. Edited from a... Continue reading →

In A Tangle: Episode 1 – Let’s Start at The Very Beginning

You can listen on Anchor, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (to follow soon). (If you’d rather access it somewhere else let me know and I’ll see what I can do) On The Needles – Works in Progress or Things I’ve Recently... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: Coziest Autumn Beanie by The Chesapeake Needle

When Mum was here for a visit, I got her to make sure I finished some projects. I’d got a little tangled up and had more on the go than I meant to have. But test knitting for Lindsey at... Continue reading →

Things I Love Thursday v3

Years ago I had the series “Things I Love Thursday” and along the line it got semi-retired but I’m bringing it back. This is to share videos, articles, random other snippets that I found on the Internet this week (or... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: August

A few years back, I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is August’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of... Continue reading →

Nine Yarn Projects for 2022 (Yuletide Blanket)

Back at the beginning of January, I shared Nine Yarn Projects for 2022. I’ve so far completed two projects (here – actually maybe 3 now but will need to circle back to that one!) and I’m working on another one... Continue reading →

An Adventure… (Moving to Denmark)

It’s funny how inspiration strikes sometimes. Often at the most random times right? Back in October 2021, 10 days after we moved to Copenhagen, I started a blog post called “A Crazy Plan” and it’s been sat in my drafts... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Post Office Shop by K.T. Dady

“Welcome to Pepper Bay. A small close-knit community where you’ll find chocolate box cottages, quaint shops, love, drama and a happily ever after” The Post Office Shop follows Tilly and Rory. Tilly is almost fifty, peri-menopausal, a widow and pretty... Continue reading →

Books I Read in June and July

Normally this would be just one month at a time but I realised that I haven’t done one for a while so you get two months in one go, here are the books I read in June and July. I’ve... Continue reading →

Nine Yarn Projects for 2022 (An Update)
22 Goals in 2022

At the end of 2021/beginning of 2022, I wrote a list of projects that I wanted to complete in 2022 (at least to begin with anyway…). So here is update about my nine yarn projects for 2022. Some of them... Continue reading →

100 Best Things to Do in Copenhagen (Part One)

I found this video on YouTube sharing the 100 Best Things to Do in Copenhagen. So I thought I’d ‘react’ on what I’ve done so far (and the ones I’d avoid – either personally or in general lol). I found... Continue reading →

Christmas Prep: Planning Your Handmade Gifts

I know, I know. Stand down, July is a bit early to talk about Christmas (We have 6 family birthdays in the next 4 weeks – I get it!). But I have my reasons, so hear me out. Handmade gifts... Continue reading →

Projects: Stormy Open Back Sweater

Four years ago, Handknits and Hygge put out a call for test knitters and I answered that call. The project in question was the Stormy Open Back Sweater. I’d been meaning to try and knit something for myself for a long... Continue reading →

Exploring Copenhagen: Where to Find the Most Interesting Murals

Something great about Copenhagen is the street art. Some of it is graffiti and can look messy but other pieces are like these murals. Back in October while I was still exploring I started collecting photos of the murals and... Continue reading →

Five Places to Visit in Germany
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What has a suspension railway and a fairytale castle got in common? Well, they are both in Germany. That’s where my list of five places to visit in Germany started. The great thing about being in mainland Europe now is... Continue reading →

Life Experiences and Expanding Your Comfort Zone
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AD As I count down to my birthday, there’s lots of other anniversaries that get ticket off and I guess in a way they were life experiences too. Going to university involved stepping that little bit out of my comfort... Continue reading →

Where to See The Cherry Blossoms in Copenhagen

I don’t know about you but I seem to add things to my bucket list and then never cross things off. One of the things on my bucket list is to go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms (Sakura).... Continue reading →

Travelling Back to The UK: My First ‘Solo’ Flight
22 Goals in 2022

Once again, I started writing this then got caught up with other things. So at the end of March, I flew home to the UK to see my family and friends, meet my new niece and sort some bits while... Continue reading →

Goals For March – Update – How Did It Go?

Okay so I started my Goals for March post exclaiming how fast February went – and then March zoomed past and we’re almost a week into April! So here’s how I did on my goals list for March. So this... Continue reading →

Goals For March

Where did February go? We seemed to jump straight from Valentine’s to Fastelavn and that was it February was gone. I don’t know about anyone else but 2022 has taken a little while to get going properly. I have this... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: Special Stripy Blanket

I love being able to share the projects that I’ve been working on – whether they are finished or taking a bit longer. Here’s something that is recently off the needles. Pattern: Special Stripy Blanket in Stylecraft Special Chunky (Source)... Continue reading →

How We Made Yummy Sausage Rolls in Denmark

Leading up to Christmas there were various foods that we were going to miss out on. Where we could we found alternatives and a few things involved trying to make them at home with the ingredients we could find. One... Continue reading →

2022 in Books: The Forgotten Guide to Happiness by Sophie Jenkins

It is said not to judge a book by its cover. The Forgotten Guide to Happiness was one of those books that I did judge and picked it based on the front cover – how pretty is it? Sometimes happiness... Continue reading →

The Week Just Gone – Week 2

Some weeks are quieter without grand adventures (or they are shared over on IG). So here is The Week Just Gone. Continue reading →

The Copenhagen Companion – A Foggy Walk (Walk 1)

Back in November, I found a copy of The Copenhagen Companion by Astrid (@thecompanionsdk on Instagram) and I’d got this idea. We’d follow the walks in the book to explore the city a bit more (Rather than just the normal... Continue reading →

Five Yarn Stores in Copenhagen to Visit
Exploring Denmark

Some people move to a new place and look for the best coffee shop or the restaurant with the best fries. For me, it was finding the local yarn stores. I’d found a couple in my previous visit but always... Continue reading →

Exploring Denmark: Roskilde by Train
Exploring Denmark

While Jaxon has been at school and Chris has been at work, Rex and I have been exploring Copenhagen a bit more. Whether it’s going to Wild Kiwi Pies for Lamingtons and Tim Tams or exploring yarn stores around the... Continue reading →

Twelve Months, Twelve Reads, Twelve Friends
22 Goals in 2022

I saw this over on Facebook so shared it and got some book recommendations from my friends. The idea is you have twelve months, and each month has a book so twelve reads and then twelve friends suggest them to... Continue reading →

Nine Yarn Projects for 2022
22 Goals in 2022

Here are the first 9 projects I have planned for 2022, when it comes to knitting and crochet. Knowing me I’ll get tempted by other things along the line so this is bound to change or get postponed. Rainbow Blanket... Continue reading →

Recently Off The…: Secret Santa Gift

Two weeks ago, my knitting group were having a Christmas get together. As part of that, we were doing a Secret Santa. I’d been trying to get it finished and kept knitting and knitting and knitting and hoped I’d get... Continue reading →

The Week Just Gone – Week 50

Some weeks are quieter without grand adventures (or they are shared over on IG). So here is The Week Just Gone. Continue reading →

The 2021 Holiday Tag

I thought it was time for some fun posts so here's The 2021 Holiday Tag. Continue reading →

Book Review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

In 2021, I set about challenging myself to read 40 books. Some were shorter quick reads that I read within a day or so, others were longer that took me a week or two to get through. Part of this... Continue reading →

The Copenhagen Companion – A Snowy First Attempt (Walk 1)

Rex and I went for a wander around near Norreport a few weeks ago and I found a copy of The Copenhagen Companion by Astrid (@thecompanionsdk on Instagram) and I’d got this idea – we’d follow the walks in the... Continue reading →

Hello December (My December Goals)
Monthly Goals

After the success of my goals in November, I thought I’d carry on by sharing my December goals. I wrote the goals down in my bullet journal but they didn’t make it to a blog post until now. I have... Continue reading →

November Goals – The Finish Line
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Chocolate Orange Cover – Christmas Pudding

Maybe you saw yesterday’s knit and decided it wasn’t for you – but how about a Christmas Pudding instead? Christmas Pudding Pattern: Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding Cover by Marianna’s Lazy Daisy Days.Needles: 3.75mm on the pattern but I used 4mm as that’s... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Chocolate Orange Cover – Santa Hat

Last Christmas I had great fun creating little knitted covers/cosies for Chocolate Oranges. I started with the Christmas Pudding and now here’s one for a Santa Hat. Is it Christmas without a Chocolate Orange? Santa Hat Pattern: Chocolate Orange Santa... Continue reading →

November Goals – Check-in
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Joy Cowl

Between making new friends and having a bit more time to crochet and knit, I decided that I’d make some of my Christmas presents. This is the first one. It’s the Joy Cowl by The Pigeon’s Nest. I purchased just... Continue reading →

Hello November (November Goals)
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: October

. The Months in Points We moved to another country. If you’ve not been around these parts for long, Chris moved to Denmark this time last year then because of Covid restrctions and other things, Rex and I properly joined... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 29: Not again so soon…
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. Rex... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 22: Exploring the Neighbourhood
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. All... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 18: Appointments and Break Downs
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. Today... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 15: Making New Friends and Kulturnatten 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. How... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 13: Earrings and Knitting
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. As... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 9: Dinosaurs, Burgers and Music
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I’m committing to Blogtober, but whether I’ll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I’ll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. Back... Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 5: Shopping Trips and School Runs
Blogtober 2021

Once again, I'm committing to Blogtober, but whether I'll make it happen or not is another thing. One day I'll manage all the days without having to catch up at weekends or something like that. For now, Happy Blogtober. It's Day 5: Shopping Trips and School Runs. Continue reading →

Blogtober – Day 4: Aeroplanes, Adventures and Achy Muscles
Blogtober 2021

After about 6 weeks back in the UK, it was time to join the boys for the biggest adventure I think we've ever done together. Here we go with the adventure! Continue reading →

The Week Just Gone – Week 39
Blogtober Day 3

Good morning or good evening I guess. Depending on when you’re reading this. Another week has gone by and we’re even closer to the start of our adventure. I had started a post two weeks ago to tell you all... Continue reading →

Monthly Christmas Prep: September

Over the years, I’ve learnt from my Mum that getting Christmas prep organised earlier leads to less stress overall. That also means you can enjoy the build-up so much more. With this year being different to any other Christmases we’ve... Continue reading →

The Week Just Gone – Week 35

When I was away, I kept thinking about how I sum up what I've been up to in a week when it's been a quiet week or no big adventures. So here we go... Week 35 (30th Aug to 5th September) Continue reading →

Copenhagen 2021: Day Two – Official Meetings, Playground Trips and a Deluge

It's August 2021 and the Covid restrictions have reduced so we're off to visit Chris in Copenhagen. Here's our adventures. Continue reading →

Copenhagen 2021: Day One – Security, Adventures and an Exciting Bus Trip

It's August 2021 and the Covid restrictions have reduced so we're off to visit Chris in Copenhagen. Here's our adventures. Continue reading →

4 Fab Small Businesses to Support with Your Baby Bits

When Jaxon was born, when it came to buying baby bits, we were on a bit of a shoestring budget so he often ended up wearing clothes from the supermarket or from that well known cheap shop on the High... Continue reading →

Hannah Gets Healthy (or Tries To!)

Hello there, So this started as a thread on Twitter but was getting so long that it was either going to send people to sleep or make them throw their phones out the window… so here it is Hannah Gets... Continue reading →

Goodness Me! Yep That’s It

It’s now June and the last time I wrote was back in April. I’d got all these plans how I was going to blog about how Rex is doing and what Jaxon is up to and of course, life gets... Continue reading →

Recently off The Needles: Slow Exposure Shawl

A while back, I thought it was about time that I worked my way through my drafts and cleared out what still could be made into blog posts. Then delete what couldn’t be used anymore. Some of them were really... Continue reading →

April 3rd

I have this great idea that I will start writing properly again and I will write for me rather than for the internet like I might have done when I started my first blog back in 2007-ish. Then I get... Continue reading →

Knit and Nattering – Episode 2: A Shawl, A Sock and A Blanket

I’m back for a second episode – who is this person? I start with a recap of the projects that I’ve been working on over the last two weeks. With the boys often needing my help, I had to try... Continue reading →

Stashless 2021

With being at home, I’ve often ended up falling down rabbit holes of videos on YouTube. Sometimes they are really random and don’t come to anything and then other times they throw up some gems. Last week, I happened to... Continue reading →

Stashless 2021: Finding a Pattern

Well this was interesting. I saw the video from A Crimson Stitchery about going Stashless in 2020. It doesn’t quite mean that they got rid of their stash completely. What it means is that they worked through their stash and... Continue reading →

Knit and Nattering: Episode 1: A Shawl, A Sock and A Blanket

Hello there! I’m Hannah and this is my vlog well no this is my blog but over on YouTube, I uploaded a vlog – which you can watch here: I’ve been knitting and crocheting for many years. I am terrible... Continue reading →

Resources for Lockdown Learning (Updated 5th January)

Hi there. With England going into Lockdown 3.0 a few hours ago, I’ve noticed low cost or free resources pop up so I’ve started collecting them together. If they do have a cost or a promo code to make it... Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: December

Here we go, attempting to make blog posts happen – I can do this! Rex is napping, Jaxon is playing his Switch and it’s a teacher training day today (tomorrow we restart lockdown learning due to COVID etc). So I’ve... Continue reading →

Books Read in 2021

These are the books that I’ve read in 2021. You can see further information and reviews over on Goodreads. The Little Christmas House by Tracy Rees (Hopley Village #2) The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas Real Men Knit... Continue reading →

2021

Well hello. 2021 you made it. After 2020 you’re expected to behave and not be a (majority) of a screw up (it had it’s highlights but there were a lot of low points too). So, let’s do this thing. I... Continue reading →

Blogmas Day 19

Well, Facebook asks me “What’s on your mind, Hannah?” It took my four attempts to write one status, the first time Facebook had a moment and deleted everything I’d written then the second and third time it didn’t make sense.... Continue reading →

Lockdown Projects: Macrame
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Back in March, when Lockdown 1.0 was declared, I wrote a list of projects I would attempt to get done. One that was added as the list/lockdown went along was to try Macrame. It’s one of those things we’ve discussed... Continue reading →

Christmas Crafts
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I am a huge fan of Christmas. As we don’t celebrate Halloween, I have been known to start with the Christmas movies and music as early as October! I think this is to do with being a musician and Christmas... Continue reading →

My Self-Care in Lockdown 2.0

On the 5th November 2020, England went into a month-long lockdown. In our house as well as many other households, it got nicknamed Lockdown 2.0. (Can you tell we are tech nerds?). So I got thinking about self-care in lockdown... Continue reading →

Getting Life Back in Order after Lockdown and Pregnancy

Like many people, chores around here have got a bit slack during the last six months. Between isolation learning, being pregnant and never seeming to have enough time, the chores around here have almost been about surviving and keeping the... Continue reading →