just a quick post to let you know that this week has become a Very Bad Week (and looks like it may carry on into a Very Bad Month). i’m personally ok, but there’s an awful family thing going on that is taking a lot of my focus & energy (& that i can’t really [...]

as you probably already know, every year in april, Royal Mail increases their postage prices.  to try & keep things fair, as well as to give my customers a bit of a break, i wait until the beginning of may to increase my postage costs – and it’s about that time again!   up until [...]

i try to eat healthily, but it’s a bit of a struggle for me.  i have a serious sweet tooth, & it’s always been my downfall.  but i recently discovered something wonderful, & had to share it with all of you – just in case you’re in the same boat!  here it is…… baked oatmeal [...]

as you will all probably know already, just before the start of the 2012-2013 tax year, i was about to hit the threshold which would require me to register for VAT.  throughout this tax year, i’ve been VAT-registered, and have had to add an extra 20% tax to everything i sell within the UK/EU.  it’s meant [...]

i’ve never been very good at sewing.  although i did get my Brownies sewing badge, i’m fairly certain it was then stitched to my sash by my mum.  in highschool home economics, i was the one hiding at the back of the class, trying not to machine-stitch my fingers together.  now, i can just about manage [...]

i made an amazing find this weekend, at a vintage store in glasgow’s west end. i was (naturally) drawn across the road and into the shop by a sign on the pavement promising “all knits & cashmere – £10!!!”.  i thought it was worth a look, but didn’t really expect to find anything good.  but [...]

i thought i’d check back in & let you know how things are going with my new year’s “suggestions”!  so far i’m managing to keep up with most of them (although perhaps i ought to have suggested that i blog more often, as well…). i’ve been reading real, actual books every day – a little [...]

like a lot of folk at this time of year, i’m tempted by the making of new year’s resolutions. i’m always a bit put off by the word “resolution”, though – it doesn’t really offer much in the way of wiggle room, and whenever i’ve made resolutions, i either put myself under huge stress & [...]

i hope your holidays are filled with warmth & light!!!

it’s that time again – time to start planning for the 2013 preview club! as some of you may already know, every year i do a small “special collection” of colourways, built around a central theme. & every year, i run a sock yarn club for fifty members, who will be the first to receive [...]