Such a strange week. Our house lies directly under a flight path between two big German airports, so normally the sky is a criss-cross of je...

This pattern is available in several places and in several slight variations on the Internet, so I cannot claim it as my original design -...

I'm going to write up the 'Kitty Cat' pattern this weekend and, because I've nothing else planned (dramatic sob) use our new...

I was sitting in the school canteen, eating my rice stirfry and chatting to my colleague about our rascally students. Suddenly, the school...

Just a quick 'hello' out to blogdom, because I'm getting ready to head home to Ireland for the marriage of the Gingerbread Broth...

We're buying a new camera. Actually, I tell a lie. I'm buying the camera and Mr Gingerbread is directing operations. Our little 3-m...

  Hello cyberspace! I was in Munich this weekend. For some reason that I can't fathom myself, I don't like Munich. And Munich doe...

By chance I stumbled across a few old episodes of Little House on the Prairie on YouTube and spent a happy couple of hours in a simpler age...

Abbreviations: American English: DC = double crochet [British English: TR = treble crochet] This pattern is in American English terms, the B...

Especially for Monica! Most of us learned to do the traditional granny square when starting off: The Babette blanket also uses a solid...

It's finished. At long last! Laid out on the floor: The pattern can be purchased here: Babette Blanket . Normally this pattern...

Twittering. Nowadays it's better known as the compulsive desire to let the world know what you're up to on a minute-to-minute basis,...

Disclaimer: every time I make these cookies, they're delicious. But every time I make them, they're slightly different. I don't ...

This pattern is for high beginners or intermediate crocheters. The pattern is not difficult, per se, but as we are working with a thin yar...

This is Gladys. I bought her on Ebay for €5 and she arrived this morning, all wrapped up in newspaper. I originally bought her to model my h...

My sunshine Babette is nearly finished - I just need one more skein of yarn. Naturally, it's the very colour that has been temporarily d...