Memory Monday – Easter

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It’s Katja’s first Easter Monday today and we’ll be heading to Australia so this post has naturally been prepared in advance. The weekly pictures post will show what the little one thinks of her chocolate easter “egg” which is actually a bunny. Today’s memory concerns Easter Eggs. I remember as a kid we’d get up [...]

Memory Monday – The Green Guide

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The Green Guide is a Melbourne institution. It’s been going since long before I was born and it is a fixture of my childhood. Every Thursday when the newspaper was delivered this green section would be included. As a child I remember it as just green newsprint paper with black. It was just as bizarre [...]

Introducing Straw Tatting

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Have you ever wanted to try needle tatting but perhaps you don’t have access to the needles? Maybe you’re trying to learn but finding the needles and fine threads too fiddly, you might be constantly stabbing yourself with the business end of the needles (blunt? they still hurt!) or perhaps you’re looking to tat with [...]

The First Edinburgh Yarn Festival

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Sitting around the tables with the tea, the knitting and the conversation all flowing we often turn to the same topic – Wouldn’t it be great if… This is generally followed by something like “they made all kids learn how to knit again”, or “there was the perfect cafe with the perfect lighting and free [...]

Week 13.10 – Growing up!

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Week 10 from March 4th to March 10th sees MissK growing up in so many ways and Edinburgh deciding that it’s not ready to give up winter just yet. 130305 – Loving the black and white #newtop 130305 – Telly time #quiet Sometimes she really seems so much more grown up than 8 months! 130306 [...]

Week 13.09 –

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Week 9 is from February 25 to March 3. 20130226 – Stuck! Katja discovers that there’s not as much room under the coffee table as she thought there was. 20130227 – A gorgeous day in Edinburgh. 20130227 – This are looking up! Crocuses on the Meadows. 20130227 – I love Barclay Viewforth Church designed by [...]

Week 13.08 – Cruisin and Happy Tea Pots

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Week 8 is from February 18 to 24. None of us have been particularly well this week, suffering from ghastly colds. As a result there’s not so many pics as normal. Still, this week I finished my crocheted tea pot and Katja made some astonishing advances, at least for her age. 20130219 – Tea brings [...]

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