Weekly Newsletters
Sat, 21 Sep 24, (6m 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 (6m ago)
Sat, 14 Sep 24, (6m 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 (6m ago)
Sat, 07 Sep 24, (6m 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 (6m ago)
Sat, 31 Aug 24, (6m 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 (6m ago)
Sat, 24 Aug 24, (7m 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 (7m ago)
Sat, 17 Aug 24, (7m 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 (7m ago)
Sun, 11 Aug 24, (7m 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 (7m ago)
Sat, 03 Aug 24, (7m 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 (7m ago)
Sat, 27 Jul 24, (8m 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 (8m ago)
Sat, 20 Jul 24, (8m 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 (8m ago)
Sat, 13 Jul 24, (8m ago)
Permaculture and Woodworking
The weekend started with a visit to my niece and nephew. It was quite a rainy day so we played inside for a bit, then went to the local high street to have a coffee and read some books in the library.
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Sat 13 Jul (8m ago)
Fri, 10 Nov 23, (16m ago)
The Crochet Blanket
This week I mostly worked on the massive crochet blanket. Its taken a few weeks already and I’ve been working on it pretty intensely. I’ve done the main inner square, now its the outer motifs and then the final border. But still will take a while!
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Fri 10 Nov (16m ago)
Sat, 23 Sep 23, (18m ago)
Alpaca Bunny
This pattern is the "Little Blue Bunny" on Etsy. I made it with home spun Alpaca. This is the second bunny of this pattern I made, I just found it so cute.
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Sat 23 Sep (18m ago)
