Candles are knitted (over 100 according to our amazing candle-count-o-meter), cake sides and tops finished, swags, bows and rosettes ready to go and tonight is the start of the assembling. That is a lot of sore fingers sewing together an amazingly large amount of knitted cake. Full credit to all the outcasts and [...]

I may be a little bit daunted
So when I thought of this project there didn’t seem to be much happening, then suddenly there was a month of festivals, other projects happening and now a week from today I will be in Jacksons, hopefully with an almost finished cake. A work in progress This is where it is up to now: One [...]

A time for a breather..
I have been thinking about a breather for a while and I alluded to things I’d felt I had left behind in a short tweet/fb status the other day and online and realworld friends added some words too. Why is it so hard to stop and breath, sometimes I think I have forgotten to [...]
The Tea Party (the alabama whirly version)
As you can see in the post below (or over here) we had a fab time at the party but like every event there are pictures that cause multi amusement so in honour of my wonderful and crazy friends here is an alternative version of the evening. Okay, putting my hands up – we had [...]
IKnit, mitten kits and sock blockers
I had a fantastic time at Iknit with the SQueen, Kiknits and the rest of the Outcasts. We had a really early start in a car laden down with yarn, I was also carrying the 90 letters that the Outcasts had been putting together for the Poetry Society, plus samples (knit ones) and a big [...]
talking on the radio…
Is it just me or does everyone else feel like singing the song heard it on the radio? I know it’s an ear worm so only click if you feel like it, (I’m thinking I may need yellow sweatbands to work that look though). But here we are, proof that Bama and I were on [...]
jumpers and presents
We’re back from a break at my parents (jumpers are above in the shot). I could fill this post with just the photos I took and drawings I have done for new ideas – I am creaking at the sides with excitement. I loved: the sunshine, walking on the beach with my dad, resuming my [...]
Jacksons Birthday Candle Pattern (it’s free)
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- more knitting and a busy week/end June 19, 2009
- Reasons to be slacking May 13, 2009
- Camping and going away July 26, 2009
- and the treats kept coming July 19, 2009
- I love a competition September 25, 2009
- lovely suprises in the post June 15, 2009
- beautiful things December 4, 2007
- Hello Insomnia, my old friend January 21, 2012
- Thinking of warmer things December 12, 2011
- It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas December 11, 2011
- Aunt Elsie and the new snooks… November 22, 2011
- secrets and good things November 10, 2011
- an inspiration day August 12, 2011
- A collection of shoes and a pair of cranes June 20, 2011
- evelyn: Oooh, I'm green with envy. The retreat looks/sou...
- Becks: Oh dear, am I the only person NOT hexipuffing? Lo...
- alabamawhirly: Joy, did you see my twitter message to you this am...
- Joyuna: Hey, I can see my hexis waiting in the bowl! :D...
- Pat: Very interesting. We went on Friday - beautiful pl...
- Jane: Glad you got some 'me time'. What a great day ou...
- Pat: All stunning! Don't be scared of Louie's designs...


