Knitting on the Green

You know, I nearly typed 2013 there - it seems so long.  I've had some very, very frustrating weeks at work (anyone who's played wit...

Woody Guthrie, July 14 1912-October 3 1967 I'd planned to write something about this today when I heard Billy Bragg on Today  ea...

Get her off the pitch! , by Lynne Truss [audiobook].   Read by Lynne Truss.  Bath: Chivers, [n.d.] Lynne Truss tells the story of her four...

Signal red: a novel based on the Great Train Robbery, by Robert Ryan.   London: Headline, 2010. I found this a riveting read, not so much ...

The annual Feast Post - hope to get a POTW done this week, too, as I didn't last week!  Click to open up any of the photos in Flickr. ...

The skeleton man, by Jim Kelly. London: Penguin, 2008. The fenland town of Jude's Ferry was bought out and evacuated by the Army in 19...

It's been a difficult week; and probably more difficult after last week being so excellent!  Some of the interesting things weren't ...

It's been summer for the last few days! Definitely a favourite. Knitting Well, there's been some sock-knitting, but that's re...

A room full of bones, by Elly Griffiths. London: Quercus, 2012. The fourth of the Ruth Galloway/Harry Nelson books, and another very good ...

This is a new idea I've been kicking around - I like Pick of the Week on Radio 4 on a Sunday evening, and for the next few weeks life...

Below zero, by CJ Box.   London: Corvus, 2009. If you've not started reading the CJ Box novels and intend to, look away now and go to ...

So - here are the Wordsearch answers.  Thankyou so much to all the people who entered! The fibres were acrylic alpaca angora ...

I confess it, I'm multicraftual.  If it can be made with thread, yarn or fabric, I'm right there.  Most of my crafting time is spent...

My knitting skillset seems to proceed in fits and starts.  It took me 20 years to realise there were things you could knit which weren't...

The litigators, by John Grisham. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. David Zinc goes to work at his soul-crushing corporate law job one mo...

I thought about a wordless post, and a sonnet.  And a crossword. But here's my contribution - and a competition. Yes, it's a words...

I think one of the best things about living in the UK is that we do quite often get proper seasons.  Sometimes, like this week, the weather ...

There are people I know in person who I'd think of as knitting heroes - people who use their craft to sustain their sense of self-worth ...