Favourite jumper shrunk? repurpose its sleeves!
Loved, loved this Noa Noa jumper given to me by a far away flatmate. It was constructed by two jumpers, one inside the other. Made of quite fine, but toasty warm mohair. But! Mohair felts, however gently you (hand) wash it, and eventually the two layers pretty much became one; plus it shrank quite a ...
Recycled cardi hottie
Finally got around to recycling a fave cardi (has beautiful glitterly bits in it – never found yarn like it…). It had felted a little too much, moths had got at it, and the arms had gone too long. And yet I couldn’t sling it. The British summer was forgotten this weekend, so whilst it ...
London Transport Museum stencil ticket
We went to London Transport Museum last Saturday now it’s been re-opened. I was convinced there were transport museum themed cocktails to be had in the bar, and was keen to try a ‘Routemaster’. Sadly she was disappointed as they only had the usual tea and coffee – a trick missed I think. The seats ...
Recycling ‘peanuts’
This post came up in my blog reader and I thought he was referring to your actual peanuts, but no – to the annoying styrofoam doodads that are used for packing and half life not far off that of nuclear waste :) And how appropriate – we got our latest batch of fliers delivered and ...
