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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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…: 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Lockdown Projects: Macrame
#gifted

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 →

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 →

Jaxon has a Great Adventure in Copenhagen Day 6

Back in the February half term, we went to Copenhagen for a few days. Having been in the summer too, we were excited to see the city in a different season and visit new places. We were nervous about travelling... Continue reading →

Jaxon has a Great Adventure in Copenhagen: Day 2

Today involved lots of Lego at Legoworld and then exploring Christiania on our way to Nyhavn. Continue reading →

Hannah’s Cozy Home Days: Day Thirty

There’s definitely some serious catching up that might need to happen soon. I keep writing notes of what I want to say and then don’t always get there. I’ll keep trying though, hopefully if I can make it part of... Continue reading →

#The100DayProject

What is it all about? #The100DayProject is a free art project that takes place online. Every spring, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of exploring their creativity. Anyone can join (yes, that means you!). The idea is... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Cozy Home Days – The Rest of Week One

My plan had been to write a daily post about what I had been up to while in lockdown/isolation. But once school had been closed, writing every day became a challenge so instead I went for a weekly update. Some... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Cozy Home Days: Day Three

Captain’s Log: Star Date: -302785.89… It feels like my post should start something like that (yes it’s a minus date because that is supposedly the correct Star Date for today but actual Star Trek Star Dates don’t start until 2323... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Cozy Home Days: Day Two

It’s now Wednesday and the day started with a sort of change of pace. My only trip out this week now is to see the Birth Choices Midwife to discuss how Rex/Bump will come into the world amongst other things... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Cozy Home Days: Day One

Good Morning! Well maybe evening by the time you read this. It’s Day One and so the first official full day. After having a loopy dream about bad guys holding up the local post office and me relaying information to... Continue reading →

20 Projects in 2020: Project 3

One of my goals for 2020 is to complete 20 projects. More than likely these will be knitting or crochet but it’s always possible that some sewing will creep in there too. Here’s the latest completed project. (The full 20... Continue reading →

20 Projects in 2020: Project 1 and 2

One of my goals for 2020 is to complete 20 projects. More than likely these will be knitting or crochet but it’s always possible that some sewing will creep in there too. Here’s the latest completed project. (The full 20... Continue reading →

Hello October

I thought it was a few weeks that I hadn’t written a blog post then I realised the last time I wrote was when we were in Copenhagen (or had just got back). And that was August! So what’ s... Continue reading →

Our Danish Adventure: Day One

Each year we end up going somewhere different for our summer holiday. We’d look at a couple of ideas but still wasn’t really sure where we wanted to go. When Chris asked me and I said I didn’t know, I... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Baby Kimono

Back in February, my lovely friends, Mel and Daniel announced that they were pregnant and expecting their first baby. They shared their story of infertility and their IVF journey to get to where they are. You can read that here.... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: May

This month’s Monthly Review. Do you write a similar post? I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. You can see others here. Highlights I had... Continue reading →

Eight Forty Four

Eight forty four is when my Mum rang me a few Saturdays ago. I thought she was calling to talk about going to the Craft Fair at church. No, her call was more urgent and life changing. Grandad had passed... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: February

Highlights Started the month with a Skype call with a new client. That was exciting. Another meeting with a client/friend, just needing some help finding her way around WordPress so it was just a couple of quick questions but it... Continue reading →

#40Acts – Day One: Pledge

Day One: Pledge Green Option: Set a reminder for each of the next 40 days to prompt you into that day’s act. Yellow Option: Get an accountability partner who’ll keep you to your word (and your acts). Red Option: Write a post on... Continue reading →

Friday Finds – 1st March

I love all those specific boxes for the different jobs – like the shoe storage and the TV box! So clever! Japanese Moving Company (From Rachel and Jun‘s YouTube Channel) I love cheesy chick flicks – they are so predictable... Continue reading →

Friday Finds – 22nd February

During the week, I find all sorts of random things that I often mean to share then don’t so this post is all that, so here are my Friday Finds. How crazy is this adventure! Sounds amazing though! It’s the kind of crazy adventure that Chris... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Adventures: Birmingham and #SBSEvent2019 – Part One

If you follow me on social media you will know that back in October, I was and winner of SBS (Small Business Sunday) that was created by Theo Paphitis. Earlier this week, I went on an adventure to Birmingham to... Continue reading →

Little Makes – February

Little Makes was started by Jemma at Thimble and Twig and Fee at One of Each, I’ve not joined in for a while but thought I’d share the projects that I’ve been working on. A Trio of Baby Blankets Having paused on my... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: January 2019

January was here and then gone so quickly! What happened? Highlights from January The month started bittersweet and it wasn’t really a highlight but the fact that I got to see a lot of old friends was a highlight. Our... Continue reading →

Happy New Year
Recently Off The Needles

Hello there. So now it’s January 8th and I’m finally sitting down to write a blog post. Leading up to Christmas, I was desperately trying to homemade finish Christmas presents. I had had this great idea that making presents would... Continue reading →

BEDN: Healthy Living

Healthy Living When people talk about healthy living we generally end up discussing the food we eat, the latest diet that is trendy or the exercise that we did (or intended to do but didn’t get to do). But can healthy... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: September

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 review. You can see others here. Highlights from September September started with two of our... Continue reading →

Another Adventure to MK

At the beginning of September, like a lot of other four-year-olds, Jaxon started school. With so many things changing, I thought we’d have one last adventure just us two. Due to the time that we had another adventure to MK... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: August

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 each month, I write... Continue reading →

Self-Care in the Crazy Hannah Bubble

This was originally posted on Mrs Brimbles Blog here. The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health. It might not be a broken bone or rash that is visible but mental health is important too. It’s... Continue reading →

That’s It – School Holidays DONE!

And like that, the school holidays have finished.  Last week, Mum, Jaxon and I went to purchase school shoes. At the beginning of the week before we went shopping, I took a look on the Clarks website. Were they going... Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: July

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 July’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Good Morning Sunshine! AKA Our Trip in an Ambulance

Why is it I start these blog posts and then don’t finish them? This was about four weeks ago now. We have our morning routine down to a fine art. Jaxon is embarrassingly good at sleeping so when he doesn’t... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: May

This is May’s review – it’s been sat in my drafts waiting to be completed and here it is. This month’s Monthly Review. Do you write a similar post? I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident... Continue reading →

Our MK Adventure (Part Two)

So after the hiccup during our adventure on Friday, Chris suggested that we got on and attempted the field trip again. Originally he had suggested it as we ate our dinner around the kitchen table on Friday. I think my... Continue reading →

A to Z of Date Nights: The Alphabet So Far…

Back in September, we started a challenge for our Date Nights. We would work our way through the alphabet visiting different places on each date night. Because of other commitments and things that have come up, we’ve got a little... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Phoenix Chunky Boys Jumper

Back in December when I went to Kathleen’s workshop at Tudor Rose Patchwork, I spotted this pattern for a jumper for Jaxon. While he’s so small it’s great fun knitting projects for him but I get the feeling as he... Continue reading →

Things I Love Thursday – .v1

Things I Love Thursday isn’t a new series. Also, I’m pretty sure that there may already be a version 1 somewhere in the depths of this blog. However I know if I go looking for that information, I will disappear... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: February 2018

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 February’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Recently off The Needles… Find Your Fade by Drea Renee Knits

Back at Christmas 2016, I discovered the Find Your Fade pattern by Andrea Mowry (Drea Renee Knits). I was determined to use wool I already had with that attempt so I was using 4mm needles and DK wool even though... Continue reading →

Our Glamping Adventures – Day Seven and Eight

Back in September (ish!), I asked Chris to look at accommodation overnight when we were in Norfolk for Becca‘s Wedding. Chris came up with the idea that we’d go glamping in Norfolk. This time it would be in a yurt... Continue reading →

Our Glamping Adventures – Day Six

Back in September (ish!), I asked Chris to look at accommodation overnight when we were in Norfolk for Becca‘s Wedding. Chris came up with the idea that we’d go glamping in Norfolk. This time it would be in a yurt... Continue reading →

Our Glamping Adventure – Day Five

Back in September (ish!), I asked Chris to look at accommodation overnight when we were in Norfolk for Becca‘s Wedding. Chris came up with the idea that we’d go glamping in Norfolk. This time it would be in a yurt... Continue reading →

Our Glamping Adventure – Day Two

Back in September (ish!), I asked Chris to look at accommodation overnight when we were in Norfolk for Becca‘s Wedding. Chris came up with the idea that we’d go glamping in Norfolk. This time it would be in a yurt... Continue reading →

Our Year in Review 2017

Having got back into monthly reviews during the second half of 2017, I decided to get on with a Year in Review. I’ve started the same post 3 or 4 times so determined that it will be finished before the... Continue reading →

Happy Three and a Half Birthday Jaxon!

Dear Not So Little One aka Jaxon aka Blueberry, Three and a half years ago, you decided to enter the world. You were late and kept messing about but eventually with some encouragement you arrived (birth story). When you turned... Continue reading →

Logojoy

When it comes to starting a business, business identity and brand is very important. Think about big businesses, they have identifiable logos and fonts that you automatically recognise. From where I sit there’s a Diet Coke bottle, my Kikki K... Continue reading →

My Happy List #3

I saw the Happy List on You Baby Me Mummy so I’ve adopted it. (So go read her post too and show her some love!). Another week has gone by and another is about to start. Time for some reflection... Continue reading →

My Happy List #2

I saw the Happy List on You Baby Me Mummy so I’ve adopted it. (So go read her post too and show her some love!). Another week has gone by and another is about to start. Time for some reflection... Continue reading →

Christmas Prep: Last Post Dates

Christmas prep for me starts with little jobs in September, leading up to bigger jobs as needed through October, November and December. Part of that preparation is making sure that gifts, presents and other happy mail makes its way to... Continue reading →

My Happy List #1

I saw the Happy List on You Baby Me Mummy so I’ve adopted it. (So go read her post too and show her some love!). There’s been crazy going on around these parts, both locally and nationally (along with internationally).... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Hook: Baby Blankets

Between the two knitting groups, I attend across a month. I tend to find that I have a number of projects on my hook. Over the last few months, with some help from my Mum, we’ve been working on getting... Continue reading →

Baby and Play: Bedford’s Independent Toy Shop

I am a big fan of supporting local and small businesses when I can. Sometimes it’s not possible but when it is I do what I can. Baby and Play is an independent baby and children’s store based in Castle Quay,... Continue reading →

Currently…28th May

How lovely has the weather been this week. It’s been great – although I walked home one day last week and thought I was going to melt it was that hot! Currently… Watching A lot of the TV shows I... Continue reading →

How We Celebrated Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary…

Sometimes I’m so organised I scare myself. Sometimes it’s in the middle and other times it’s a complete disaster zone. With this year being our tenth wedding anniversary, I wanted to go on an adventure but it didn’t go so... Continue reading →

Edward’s Imaginarium GIVEAWAY with Toft

In recent years, I’ve been to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace twice and both times I’ve stopped by the Toft stand. Each time I see the TOFT stand I debate whether I *need* another ball of wool... Continue reading →

Little Makes – February Part Two 

Another two weeks have flown by. This time I’m on it and have pictures to share! Yeah! Normally I flit between two or three projects but I’ve been focusing on getting this one finished. My lovely friend K is currently... Continue reading →

Currently…15th February

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. In this day and age, you would think that swapping internet service providers would be so straight forward and yet again it isn’t. Our internet was cut off in the middle... Continue reading →

Currently – 3rd January

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Currently…Watching Over Christmas, we restarted our NowTV account as a treat over Christmas. I figured while we had it, I’d try out some new things. First up was The Young Pope,... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Five – Currently…

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but I’m doing Blogmas! But in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Three

Here’s Blogmas! Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a bit more... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day One

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a bit more stressed so... Continue reading →

WIPs Wednesday

On and off since the temperature cooled a bit, I’ve been crocheting and knitting my fingers off. I bought some wool in a closing down sale and decided to knit a project instead of my usual crochet job. Last week, once... Continue reading →

Currently…7th November

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… Not so many Christmas films this week. I caught up on a lot of my YouTube subscriptions as I seemed to have ended up quite behind. Also to get back in... Continue reading →

Dear Grandma

Dear Grandma, Eight years ago you left us so unexpectedly. One day you were here then you were gone. I stood at the Harvest Supper this year at Chapel and tried to remember what we discussed on that last time... Continue reading →

This Week – A Summary…

This week – all sorts happened to with the new name etc. I’m attempting to throw in some new blog post ideas and join in with link ups and all sorts. So having seen this one ping up on Twitter... Continue reading →

Currently…31st October

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… In all honesty, Christmas films. I discovered that there are a lot Hallmark Christmas films are on YouTube, so working my way through them. Reading… I’ve been reading lots of articles on... Continue reading →

Haven Holiday 2016: Day Two

We had a false start to our day when Our Sidekick got up for the loo at 4.30 yesterday morning. Chris heard the door go and though Jaxon was up and wandering round so he jumped out of bed and... Continue reading →

August in Review (August 2016)

With it being the school holidays and the boys being away, Jaxon and I had lots of extra adventures in August. The boys had their adventure to the Southern Hemisphere. They spent a fortnight at Home of Hope Orphanage in... Continue reading →

Currently…5th September

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’ve been watching more Star Trek: Deep Space 9. I know, I know I’m a bit addicted to it! I’m sure I’ll be finished by next week! The Great British... Continue reading →

What is a Temperature Blanket? 

While away this last weekend I think I answered like 5 or maybe 10 times about what I was making, was it crochet or knitting and what was I going to do with it.  I thought while all the answers... Continue reading →

40 Acts (Part 2 – Day 5)

Day Five: Quiche? I decided that this year would also be the one when I actively tried to take part in 40acts. I get the emails sent to me each Lent but often for one reason or another I don’t... Continue reading →

2016 Goals: Stashbusting Blanket & OneLittleWord

There’s a lot going on around these parts at the moment. Christmas has finished and is almost (!) packed away (the tree got missed when Chris was in the loft so it ended up living on the landing for now).... Continue reading →

Daily Post: Learning Style

Today I’m joining in with The Daily Post from WordPress. You can see other posts written on today’s topic here. What’s your learning style? Do you prefer learning in a group and in an interactive setting? Or one-on-one? Do you... Continue reading →

Currently…11th January

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. You can get all sorts of You can find that here. Have a good week! Currently… Watching After Jaxon loving The Sound of Music the other week I figured we’d try... Continue reading →

Christmas is Coming…and Friends are Coming Home.

It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees. Do you know that Joni Mitchell song? “I wish I had a river I could skate away on?” It’s such a sad song, and not really about Christmas at all, but I... Continue reading →

Currently – 7th December

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. You can get all sorts of You can find that here. Have a good week! Currently… Watching Grey’s Anatomy – I’ve watched almost from the beginning all the way up to... Continue reading →