Monthly Archives: August 2010

The British (and in particular the English) are often accused of choosing to talk about the weather: do forgive me if I mention the rain last week. Throughout July, England was bathed in glorious sunshine for day after day, but … Continue reading →

The runner bean chutney has been made. I went to the garden and picked the bigger beans from half of the runner bean rows. Once inside, I used half of what I’d picked, and this made a double quantity of … Continue reading →

My knitting smells of suncream and is full of sand, but the good news is that progress has been made on all three current knitting projects over the past fortnight. The cardigan is officially finished. It’s been sewn together and everything. … Continue reading →

If jam-making is so last week and chutney is where it’s at, we’re ahead of the trend in the WoollyDaze Too household as this week has been about pickling. It’s our first year with a garden suitable for growing fruit and … Continue reading →

Jam is so last week. The jam shelf in the cupboard is full. My husband is not enormously impressed with this state of affairs because the jam shares shelf space with his beer. There’s lots of one and not a … Continue reading →

So, WoollyDaze Too and I arrived at Knit Nation, registered and were pointed in the direction of the marketplace. We entered, determined to only look since we both had quite enough wool already at home. This resolution held for the … Continue reading →