Clearly a good (and thrilling) Thursday today. I just spent a few wonderful and magical minutes in the garden. I took Nell out for her post-play wee. It was dark, so I took the big torch out with me. The night is frosty and slightly misty and, rare for us, completely still and silent. While …
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Thrilled Skinny
I do not expect today’s thrill to set the world on fire — you will just have to take it from me when I say just how delighted I am that the second commissioned lace scarf is just flying along, when compared to the first. The first one took over four weeks to do. The …
Truly thrilling
This week’s Thursday Thrill is strictly non-fibrous. “Martha” the hen crowed this morning! And, yes, I do find that thrilling. Although I agreed with Mr L that we would only have girls, I was a little disappointed that we were not to have a cockerel. I love them. I love the way that they look …
Get your kicks your own way
You may feel free to scoff today. You are more than likely to disagree with my thrill for today. I confess that it is a strange way in which to obtain a thrill and I may well require examination of my head. Brace yourselves, fibre lovers: this girl is planning a yarn diet. Nothing unusual …
A funny old week
It is being a funny old week, with me feeling less than in top form. I was out and about on Monday, doing a little spinning, and that both threw my routine out of whack and gave me a headache from sitting in a hot conservatory for too long. I did have a Show and …
Quite by accident…
It was a complete accident that I found this week’s thrill – and, believe me, it is a pretty thrilling thrill indeed. I was exploring Brave New Knits, a thrill in itself, I am sure all knitters would agree. (And, if you are interested, Amazon are quoting 5th September and taking pre-orders at £12.74) I …