Splish splash…

Posted by on Jun 28, 2006 in London Life | No Comments

Morning! Just got back from swimming at the amazing Brockwell Lido – haven’t been in ages, and this morning was perfect blue skies and sunshine for an early morning swim.. :). I cycled up to the park, had a swim (am a bit rusty I realise – haven’t swum properly in almost 2 years!) then ...

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Food dye knitting

Posted by on Jun 25, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Just had a go and hand dyeing some white wool with food dye… We don’t have kool aid over here so thought I’d try some supercook food colouring I have in the kitchen.. Managed to get a good range of colours from just red, green and blue… not sure how fast it is though!

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Frilly

Posted by on Jun 19, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Don’t normally like this kind of plunge neck things, but am a bit enamoured with the frilly shoulders!

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Market bag

Posted by on Jun 18, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Finished one side of the Market bag going up to Nottingham on the train on Saturday.. After being a real thicky with the stitch a few times, by the third cast on I had it cracked… Am using a Debbie Bliss Cotton DK (green) and the two bamboo yarns from my secret pal :) … ...

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conkers

Posted by on Jun 18, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Visiting my granma’s house in Nottingham brought back many memories for me. One of them was sitting on the kitchen counter making conker furniture… Little did I know as I picked this book from one of her shelves, that this is ‘Something to Do’ in October…

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Market

Posted by on Jun 16, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Having a go at knitting with the bamboo and cotton yarn my SP sent me, and make this market bag… Much better than plastic carriers! Bamboo must be as strong as cotton no? :) Also made this yarn cupcake as my spoil-ee doesn’t want anything edible sent to her!…

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Daughter’s pride…

Posted by on Jun 14, 2006 in London Life | One Comment

Just wanted to say well done to my mum today. Last week she ran in Race for Life and raised over £500, today she qualified as a City of London Guide -  and gets to meet the Lord Mayor and get a badge in July!. So anyhow this daughter is very proud of her mum ...

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Secret pal parcel

Posted by on Jun 12, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Yay! Thank you secret pal, for the lovely parcel waiting for me upon my return from Wales!… Bamboo yarn (which is *so* soft) and some of my favourite sweets – oo sour!

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Finished things

Posted by on Jun 6, 2006 in Craft, Sketchbook | No Comments

Cannes is finished! Also the website I designed for Atom is live… A day of finished things today…

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A trip to the seaside

Posted by on Jun 5, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

M took me for a birthday lunch at Terre a Terre in Brighton… deelish! It was also the first day of proper June sunshine here in London, so predictibly the Brighton train was packed to the roof with day trippers to the seaside. It was quite romantic actually, something age-old about the desire to wander ...

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