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Out of the sadness of a broken, favourite hook {at night, which rendered me hookless – yarn down!} has come a new discovery. There are better hooks out there, smooth weighty ones, hooks from which I don’t have to file burrs off before I use them with a nail file! The wonders of Spotlight are vast people. Follow
We thought we would never finish it, Dave certainly thought we acquiring an unlimited supply of very large crochet coasters……but it is finished! Mum finished sewing it up in the weekend and added the border and tah-da! I purchased the wool for this on a rainy Saturday afternoon probably 18months ago having never attempted crochet before. I purchased ALL the …
After living through the dusty hell of having every wall in our house re-plastered and finished, I can hopefully be forgiven for being a tiny bit precious about putting holes in my new walls. The difficulty I have with hanging stuff on the walls is further compounded by the fact that the walls are all concrete, I can’t actually go …
I thought that repainting all of the interior doors in our house would make a HUGE improvement to the very haphazard existing paint job. I was right, after a couple of coats of paint they look fresh and new and have helped make the house look a little more finished. But now I want to paint the door frames. And …
There is sooo much yummy summer fruit around at the moment, I have been loving it- and making huge messes in the kitchen as a result. I was at one of the local orchard shops last week and out the front they have Bargain Bin fruit that is a little soft for full price sale. I got a 3kg box …
Oh Jam, how you have consumed my life for two days. As I was deciding on my annual Christmas cooking you were suggested by Dave ever so casually, almost as if I make Jam all the time. A willy-nilly Jam maker I am not. I have in fact only ever made something to preserve in jars once before – a …
As I was shelling out dollars in the weekend for my loves 5th birthday party, one thing I just couldn’t buy was a pack of those ugly plastic goody bags that are used for like, 10 seconds before the lollies are devoured the toys are lost or broken and the bags are sent to landfill. I decided to make some …