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Sunday in my Kitchen ::
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Our kitchen gets a lot of use throughout the week, as I'm sure most do, especially if you have children (they need 3 proper meals every single day you know?!). But during the week it mostly seems like a chore to be in there. The preschool rush of breakfast preparation, the post school drop off clearing up all the mess, preparing meals between those school pick up times and the dreaded 5.30 (that...
28 Weeks ::
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Third trimester!
I can't really believe it, yet here I am, 12 weeks to go now.
This week has seen numerous hospital visits. I had to go down last Friday after having horrible pains over night and reduced movements. I put it off for a bit, feeling quite confident that everything was alright really, but in the end decided it was better to be safe than sorry. After 20 minutes of baby monitoring it...
I can't really believe it, yet here I am, 12 weeks to go now.
This week has seen numerous hospital visits. I had to go down last Friday after having horrible pains over night and reduced movements. I put it off for a bit, feeling quite confident that everything was alright really, but in the end decided it was better to be safe than sorry. After 20 minutes of baby monitoring it...
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This Week ::
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Finding Inspiration :: Summer of Beads and Lace ::
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After spending a day catching up with the last few episodes of the Knitmore Girls Podcast recently, I decided that evening I simply had to knit a lace shawl with beads, as you do.
With my brain power at an all time low and with a distinct lack of 4ply or lace weight yarn in my stash, I eventually decided on Martina Behm's Brickless, adding beads simply at the points. This feels a little like it...
With my brain power at an all time low and with a distinct lack of 4ply or lace weight yarn in my stash, I eventually decided on Martina Behm's Brickless, adding beads simply at the points. This feels a little like it...
Cheltenham's Banksy ::
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One Sunday back in April, having already blindly walked passed it twice, Milo and I, returning from a trip to the car boot sale, passed one of our neighbours in the street, 'Have you seen the Banksy?' he asked. 'No', we laughed. After a bit of chat I assumed it was just a new piece of graffiti from one of Cheltenham's own street artists. There certainly are one or two stencil artists in our area....