Allotting…

This was our first fine sunny spring weekend so we took the opportunity to do some much overdue tasks at the allotment. Saturday was clearing out the shed, planting the broad beans and some general tidying up, including clearing out the pond a bit. Sunday was clearing out the compost heaps, my least favourite and perhaps most physcially taxing job; no surprise that I’m aching today. But these hard and somewhat thankless tasks need to … More Allotting…

Spring Inspiration?

The day job has been keeping me busy and away from blogging and knitting for that matter, but I have been squeezing in a bit of time working on a new hat pattern. The pattern is pretty much there but the yarn requirements still need work. It may just be me, but I like to be quite specific about how much yarn a project actually takes. This I  think comes from a couple of related factors: I … More Spring Inspiration?