Weekly Newsletters
Sat, 22 Nov 25, (9m ago)
Back in the groove
I should be getting back to weekly updates now as I’m finally back in a good groove. I have a bit more time to dedicate to craft. I’ll start with the field as always. My lawnmower is going strong, I’ve done another session on it. Aiming to trim all the g
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Sat 22 Nov (9m ago)
Sat, 08 Nov 25, (10m ago)
Day Jobs Getting in the Way
I’ve skipped a few weeks of updates, but mainly because I haven’t been able to craft that much, or even to get to my field. In a few weeks time, I should have some more time back when I have fewer clients in my day job;
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Sat 08 Nov (10m ago)
Sat, 18 Oct 25, (11m ago)
Little Progress
I’ve had a busy two weeks in my non-crafting world, but I have managed to knit and crochet a little bit. I have a recurring project with plastic waste that I turn in stuffing material. Usually I make pouffes, but I have so many, I’m trying to make other t
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Sat 18 Oct (11m ago)
Sat, 04 Oct 25, (11m ago)
The Trough Is Here
I followed my energy this week and did a lot of work in the field. I now have two hugel mounds built, one down field in a large semi-circle that will one day look at on a large vegetable patch, potentially for strawberries and potatoes. The second hugelmo
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Sat 04 Oct (11m ago)
Sat, 27 Sep 25, (11m ago)
Designs and Sprinklers
September is flying by and what am I doing? Sometimes it feels like I’m not making any progress and I think what have I been doing, but that’s why I write this blog to help me keep track of progress and achievements and to have something to look back on.
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Sat 27 Sep (11m ago)
Sat, 13 Sep 25, (12m ago)
False September Start
I’ve been back almost two weeks, but it hasn’t really counted… Been quite sick for most of it. I’m through the other side now, so I can start to be more active.
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Sat 13 Sep (12m ago)
Sat, 30 Aug 25, (12m ago)
The Three Stitches
It’s nearly home time, and time for fresh September energy. For now, I’ve been working on knitting. The shawl is probably 70% done; I’ll likely use all the wool I have.
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Sat 30 Aug (12m ago)
Sat, 23 Aug 25, (12m ago)
Calm in Cannes
I’ve been in Cannes the last few weeks, and I still have one more week to go, so crafting is minimal. I brought my handmade merino wool and started knitting a shawl. I love how the green dye turned out, using rosemary and grass. So far, the shawl has a so
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Sat 23 Aug (12m ago)
Sat, 09 Aug 25, (13m ago)
We have water
The borehole is officially installed and working. I got a generator off facebook marketplace, and it just plugs into the pump in the borehole. No problemos! I
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Sat 09 Aug (13m ago)
Sat, 26 Jul 25, (13m ago)
Spin spin spin
It’s been a low-key few weeks again. I’m not in a particularly creative phase. Since the big fleece-to-jumper project has finished, I’ve not started a new knitting project, mainly because I don’t have any yarn. I’ve been spinning the 500g of merino wool I
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Sat 26 Jul (13m ago)
Sat, 05 Jul 25, (14m ago)
Sheep to Jumper Complete
Not the most eventful two weeks. Experimenting is a lot of trial and error and I don’t have much to show for all the errors… I have however finish the Grobbendonk jumper, the last sleeve I made with this year’s wool.
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Sat 05 Jul (14m ago)
Sat, 21 Jun 25, (15m ago)
Ideas and More Experiments
We’re back in London for the next few months so getting set up again. I tended to my garden as first priority when I got back. The tomatoes had grown somewhat in the two weeks away
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Sat 21 Jun (15m ago)
Sat, 14 Jun 25, (15m ago)
Sewing Experiments
I’ve been in France the last two weeks, so there were limited things I could do, but I do have stuff to talk about! I had two main crafts with me; the knitted beige blouse I needed to finish, and sewing projects. First the blouse. I picked this up again
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Sat 14 Jun (15m ago)
Sat, 31 May 25, (15m ago)
Project Pileup
I have this Japanese-style chair project on my list, which I have the timber for. Progress has been limited; I did cut the timber down to the right sizes, but got stumped because the wood is very curved. Meaning, if I want to glue two pieces side by side,
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Sat 31 May (15m ago)
Sat, 17 May 25, (16m ago)
Pondering Problems and Pyrography
At the start of the week I dismantled the cabinet that I built a few months ago. I learned a lot from making it, it was relatively good at storing all my tools, but I just thought it was super ugly and I didn’t like hanging the tools on the doors; they mo
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Sat 17 May (16m ago)
Sat, 03 May 25, (16m ago)
Willow and Bamboo Sticks
I found a rain collection design online that I thought would work for me. I needed some very tall bamboo sticks and I attempted to reverse engineer the design (see picture below).
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Sat 03 May (16m ago)
Sat, 19 Apr 25, (17m ago)
Rain Catchers and Stick Chairs
This week I attempted round two of the tarp rain catcher, this time with a friend. I bought some taller stakes so the tarp can be held higher up. We dug it into the ground about 30cm, and piled rocks around it to secure it. I used tent pegs with string to
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Sat 19 Apr (17m ago)
Sat, 12 Apr 25, (17m ago)
Follow Your Own Path
The sun graced us again this week. For some reason, I went on a rabbit-hole-tangent that led me to recreate our calendar. Hold the eye rolls while I explain… The exact history is not super clear to me, but our Gregorian “solar” calendar was made by a Po
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Sat 12 Apr (17m ago)
Sat, 05 Apr 25, (17m ago)
Summer in Spring
What’s happened to England to make the weather this consistently good? No sign of it turning yet. Who needs a summer holiday in France or Spain with this weather? I went to my field first thing on Monday before the jet lag had time to react.
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Sat 05 Apr (17m ago)
Sat, 29 Mar 25, (17m ago)
Two Weeks Away
I’ve just got back from holidays, having had a lot of chill time, a little bit of knitting and lots of planning and thinking. My mittens are done, and I had enough spare yarn to make a headband to go with it. It’s not my best project; the second mitten is
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Sat 29 Mar (17m ago)
