April Project Roundup
April was a very productive month project wise. I made myself a cape using a self drafted pattern and some boiled wool that I got for Xmas a couple of years ago. I used some […]
Author: Rachel McKelvie
March Project Round up
I wasn’t very productive in March. I finished my Snug Turtleneck sweater in burnt orange Mohair. I got the pattern from the book A Knitters Year by Ida Wirak Trettevik that I borrowed from the […]
Baked Homemade Granola
I recently dug out my granola recipe and have been making a batch every weekend for the past few weeks. I got the recipe from a friend who got it from her mother in law […]
Milo Coconut Biscuits
I am on the baking roster again this week so made another variant of my chocolate chip biscuit recipe. These ones are really good. 190g butter 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp salt 2 […]
Crochet / Handmade / Homemade / Me made wardrobe / Sewing
February Project Round Up
Three projects completed in February, was a bit of a busy month social wise so I didn’t spend as much time as I would have liked in the sewing room. It was my friend J’s […]
Jewel Biscuits
I was on the baking roster for Good Bitches Baking last week. This was my first bake of the year and I decided to adapt my chocolate chip recipe using sunflower seeds and cranberries. The […]
Baking / Bread / Homemade / Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes
Seeded onion bread – no knead
I have been further experimenting with my no knead bread recipe and this is a good one! If you haven’t got a particular seed ingredient on hand, swap it out for something different or leave […]
January project round-up
I thought I would do a round up of my January projects as they were a varied bunch. I took advantage of the Boxing Day sales to get some yarn at 40% off to knit […]
Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / Me made wardrobe / Socks
2023 Sock Knitting Challenge
In December 2022, I set myself a challenge to knit 12 pairs of socks in 2023. I decided to do it as a stash busting exercise as I had 12 pairs of socks worth of […]
December Socks
December socks, pair number 12, are done and that brings to a close my sock knitting challenge for the year. I am a bit pleased with myself that I managed to knit 12 pairs of […]