Bottling Jalapenos

We use alot of jalapenos in our house and I have found the cheapest way to buy them is in a 3 kg tin from Moore Wilsons which costs about $15.00.  A 470g jar of […]

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Garden Bunting

Now that Spring has officially arrived, I thought it was time to give the garden bunting a bit of a refresh.  Each year I pull out my scraps and make some bunting for two areas […]

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Bluetit socks

My September socks are done and dusted, these ones are the Bluetit colourway from the West Yorkshire Spinners Signature bird series.  This is the third pair I have knit from the bird series and I […]

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Chilli and Lime no knead bread

Continuing on with my flavoured bread experiment, I have made 2 versions of this bread and they were both equally as good. The first one had one lime and the second one had some wholemeal […]

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Upcycled Christmas bags

I started to wrap my Christmas presents on the weekend as I have mostly finished my shopping.  I have a good stash of gift bags to reuse and I had three of these Farmers ones […]

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August Socks

August socks done. These ones are for Hubby. He chose the yarn and is really pleased with how they turned out. Pattern is the usual Winwick Mum basic 4 ply sock pattern and the yarn […]

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No knead Ginger and Sultana bread

I decided to experiment with a new bread flavour and thought I would share as it turned out fabulous and tastes amazing. This is a no knead recipe so super easy to make. 3 cups […]

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Rainbow socks and an author recommendation

I feel like this is turning into a sock blog so to mix it up, as well as telling you about my latest pair of socks that I have finished (which are now my new […]

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Woodpigeon socks

I finished my June socks on the 18th but I kept forgetting to take a photo of them and when I did remember, it was either dark or the weather was yuck!  I think these […]

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Charity Knitting

I had a big bag of yarn leftover from 5 blankets that I had crocheted over the past couple of years so I decided to use it up knitting beanies for a local organisation, Crafting […]

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