Weekly Newsletters
Sat, 28 Dec 24, (6m ago)
Christmas Week
This week has been relatively quiet, we had three dinners this Christmas week so a lot centered around food, as most people probably had.
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Sat 28 Dec (6m ago)
Sat, 21 Dec 24, (6m ago)
A Spot of Spinning
A week of progress has transpired as I finished planting the hedges. It took a total of 4 days, 3 hours per day to complete. I definitely felt a peaceful sense of accomplishment when it was all done on Monday.
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Sat 21 Dec (6m ago)
Sat, 14 Dec 24, (7m ago)
Digging is Life
It’s definitely winter now, this week was very gloomy, the right weather for that eerie, overcast, colourless winter scene. It can be quite enchanting in a park or outdoors, but mostly depressing in the city.
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Sat 14 Dec (7m ago)
Sat, 07 Dec 24, (7m ago)
A Cold Start in December
It has been some time since my last newsletter… a long holiday abroad is the main reason for it and while I did bring along my knitting, not much else happened in the craft avenue of my life.
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Sat 07 Dec (7m ago)
Sat, 02 Nov 24, (8m ago)
End of October Slow Week
It was a slow week last week, not too much progress. I’m taking a short break from the field for a few weeks, now there is not much prepping left to do before the hedges and trees come in.
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Sat 02 Nov (8m ago)
Sat, 26 Oct 24, (8m ago)
Woodchip Work and a Plywood Planter
Last Saturday I borrowed a palm router, which opened up the possibility of making grooves for drawers and such, so I go to work on cutting down my final large plywood board of 6mm thickness. It’s the thinnest board, and really just supposed to be used for
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Sat 26 Oct (8m ago)
Sat, 19 Oct 24, (8m ago)
Pivoting Plans and Making Progress
I’m off to my field this morning, I should hurry up and get there. Will do some more bean planting, not hugely excited about the effort required, but keen to try my new twister tool, which has now arrived. Let’s see how it goes…
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Sat 19 Oct (8m ago)
Sat, 12 Oct 24, (9m ago)
Jigsaws and Broad Beans
This week I have been making up for my woodworking stall the past few weeks and have gone full steam. It started with dovetail and box joint practice.
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Sat 12 Oct (9m ago)
Sat, 05 Oct 24, (9m ago)
Food Forest Planning and Oddbits
I’ve spent the week mocking out the layout, starting with around 30 trees. I have a master spreadsheet now, which I’ve made a grid out of. Each square / cell represents one square metre.
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Sat 05 Oct (9m ago)
Sat, 28 Sep 24, (9m ago)
Knitting Power and Paper Mache Trials
The week started with me hurting my back. Not exactly sure how it happened, I just woke up one morning with so much pain that I could barely move or walk around.
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Sat 28 Sep (9m ago)
Sat, 21 Sep 24, (9m ago)
Woodworking Breakthroughs and Magic Wands
This was a proper week of woodworking. The wood arrived last week Friday, and I got started on it the next day. I started sawing the massive sheets (2.4m x 1.2m) of plywood in garden. I have a handsaw and it was heavy going…
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Sat 21 Sep (9m ago)
Sat, 14 Sep 24, (10m ago)
September Setup
This week I officially finished my new blog. All the functionality is done finally! There is always tweaks and improvements, but am happy with the current state and testing is done so am happy to realise it.
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Sat 14 Sep (10m ago)
Sat, 07 Sep 24, (10m ago)
Canned Passata and Woodworking Set Up
Finally made it back HOME on Monday afternoon. I finished the third ball of wool on the Rikke jumper on the plane. I want to start making jumper tags for the back of the neck to write down the pattern and wool used written on it, potentially add it to old
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Sat 07 Sep (10m ago)
Sat, 31 Aug 24, (10m ago)
Nordic Knitting Inspiration
This week was a holiday week so had a few things on pause. We took a trip around a some Nordic areas from Copenhagen to Gotland to Stockholm, ending with a Swedish wedding. This isn’t a travel blog so I won’t say too much on the travels, other than…
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Sat 31 Aug (10m ago)
Sat, 24 Aug 24, (10m ago)
Coding and Travelling
This week has been travel central. Started off the weekend to Tuesday in Belgium. That was a nice few days chilling with family, cleaning the sheep wool. I also took a bunch of cuttings from Hydrangea plants that my parents have here.
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Sat 24 Aug (10m ago)
Sat, 17 Aug 24, (11m ago)
Plant Propagation and Sheep Wool
This week I’ve been thinking about redesigning this blog. Initially I had some ideas of adding pages to it, for example a project planning page, which would be a table view of the projects I’m planning, projects I have done etc. Filterable would be great.
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Sat 17 Aug (11m ago)
Sun, 11 Aug 24, (11m ago)
Sewing Mojo and More Research
Over the weekend we walked around a few cute little villages around where we’re staying. We found a French clothing shop called Fragronad, which had some really nice clothes.
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Sun 11 Aug (11m ago)
Sat, 03 Aug 24, (11m ago)
Planning in the Cote d’Azure
This week was week the first of two weeks away in the South of France, so things are more low key on the craft front. I’ve taken with me the jumper I’m going to remake for my partner, but in a smaller size.
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Sat 03 Aug (11m ago)
Sat, 27 Jul 24, (11m ago)
A Pot and a Bunny
Over the weekend I decided to agree with the offer the seller’s land agent suggested. Negotiating hasn’t got me very far and I do just want the piece of land.
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Sat 27 Jul (11m ago)
Sat, 20 Jul 24, (11m ago)
Three Seed Trays and a Unicorn
Last weekend I went to see the piece of land I found of about 3.5 acres. It’s commutable from where I live (35-40 minutes). Really nice area.
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Sat 20 Jul (11m ago)
