Here in Stratford we have swans. Not as many as we used to have as we sadly had a bout of Avian flu over the winter but we still have half...

Well I also found time to get the border of the Coats doily done and I must say that I'm pretty pleased with it.  I have oodles of thi...

Yes it's that time of the week again!!! This time it’s not a moan but more a matter of talking to myself about a couple of ‘techniques’....

Cushion!!! Well a long way to go yet. I forgot to take a picture of 'just' the pink one!!!  I'm going to put these together w...

When I posted the single motif I showed you on Monday I'd already got a lot further ahead due to the TIAS and me not using this blog f...

Now carefully relegated to 'Friday mornings only' (that's when I go to the knitting group) the scarf only grows slowly!!!! I...

Looking back it appears that I'd forgotten (blame the TIAS!!) to explain the reason for the square crazy patchwork that I've been ...

After giving up on the green Coats doily (here's the picture of the doily ) because I was going to run out of thread and (mainly) bec...

Sad that this is the end of another ball of thread but happy that I COULD allow myself to buy more. BUT I can't because I have a lot o...

Now this one turned out to be really bright and cheerful and the weather was just right for taking a photo outside on the grass.  Other pe...

I love my little Fandango square which you can find here  and it has been changed into many other patterns like the heart , the bookmark ...

So I got a move on with this Coats design.  Here is the centre of this pattern (see below) and this is what it's finally going to be ....

It's been almost a week since number 71 arrived in my inbox.  I'm wondering if there are anymore to come in? I thought there would ...

This is the final of the Dutch doily.  Now did I enjoy it?  YES. Although it worked out very large it was a really easy one to make.  I am...

In the evenings and when I'm not knitting I'm continuing with the Coats mat which I started back here . I'm using size 40 thre...

This time I decided on green for the theme!!  It's a great way of using up scraps of fabric and as long as you keep the iron handy (an...

I'm going to tell you and show you a LOT about this place today .   It's the most amazing facility we have in the road as it has a H...

I bet you've all forgotten my waistcoat that I started back here and which progressed to here and here! Well I did finish it and sta...

Now I'm back on my home blog it's time  to catch you up to what is going on in my corner of Tat Land!!! These are rounds 13 and 14...

While the TIAS has been going on I decided I'd make a small start on next year's Christmas giveaways.   Now I rarely use Christmas...