Sometimes, all you need is a giant bowl of muffins. That's a thing, right? When life gives you blueberries, bake them. I made these muffins using this recipe for basic muffins from BBC Good Food. I replaced the milk chocolate chips with white chocolate chips, the pulp and seeds of one passion fruit / granadilla, and a cup of fresh blueberries (first rolled...
Another pinterest-inspired project: crocheted jellyfish. #love I'm really happy with this one. There are swirls and twirls and loop-de-loops of yarn loveliness. The free crochet jellyfish pattern is from One Dog Woof, and is worked in amigurumi rounds quite quickly. The tentacles take longest of all but they're very portable and I was making them in the car, in the doctor's waiting room, while...
Thanks to 3am baby feeds, I get to spend a lot of time on Pinterest looking at amazing things I could be making if I had a few moments to myself. Like this bunny from Lanukas.com - a free pattern that keeps popping up on Pinterest. I really like the colours and his cheerful face, it's an ideal textural baby toy for little Finnlay. I'm determined...
I do most of my shopping online; if I can avoid the shops, I will. But there's something different about yarn. You don't get to feel the yarn and imagine what it might be to work with. You don't get to see the real colours up-close. You don't get the same kind of enthusiastic customer service from fellow yarn addicts. But. Getting to a...
It was my birthday this last week, and I was spoilt. Lucky, lucky girl. I especially appreciated this parcel that arrived all the way from New Zealand this week, packed full of happiness! It was a welcomed addition to the longest and most tiresome of days spent running after a moving-and-shaking toddler and a Very Serious Baby who insists on being held -...
