(This may be the longest blog post ever. But I hope that it'll make you laugh. Your patience will at the end will be rewarded with a free knitting pattern.) You know when you get embroiled in an epic yarn war with someone, and you’re prepared to battle to the death – nay, further even than that – to achieve knitting victory? No? Nor did I until a couple of weeks ago. I have a friend. Well, actually she’s a mortal enemy right now, to the extent that our two families are doomed to mutual Continue Reading
Happy Cherries
Cherries are a happy fruit. I've blogged before about how our little Oxfordshire village was once the centre of the cherry-growing world. How many hundreds of years back our cherry heritage goes depends on which direction Google takes you, but I've seen mention of the 1500s, which is at least mildly impressive. There are stories of professional bird-scarers starting their work at 5am during the fruiting season. Frankly, that sounds like a job I could do, other than the getting-up-early bit. Continue Reading