My Favourite Things

In the Event of Fire...

I have lots of favourite things :

• Books
• Flowers and Herbs
• Dogs and Cats
• Pigs and Chickens
• Land Rovers
• Old knitting patterns
• Costume jewellery
• Buttons
• Semolina

and ...

Old Citroen cars and vans

I saw this beautiful fire engine at a vintage show back in May when the world was bright, the sun shone and we thought there would be a summer.   Since then we have all acquired trench foot.

My Feathered Friend

Just Deciding Whether to Jump onto That Branch

I'm always thinking about things that can be done just in garter stitch so that I can use them to teach people, especially children, to knit.  This is Morgan the Owl.  Morgan is afraid of heights.

On the Branch, but A Bit Panicky

Rather pleased with this one

Pretty in Pink

Although it caused me some anguish and I was up until 10pm trying to get the lining to fit properly I am rather pleased with this one.  It is cable fabric embellished with pearls.  Now that I have actually completed a couple of my own designs my head is full of different ideas.

The next thing I must do is build a light box so that I can photograph them more effectively.

I have called it The 'Alicia' Bag

It'll get worse before it gets better.

It'd better be worth it

The house has been covered in tarpaulins for a week and a half now and all the windows are blacked out.  It gets hosed down daily so the render doesn't dry too quickly, even though it doesn't really stop raining.  The front garden is a foot deep in detritus and the back garden isn't much better.  The Man Who Can, is taking the opportunity while the scaffolding is in place to repair one of the chimneys.  It's extremely windy up there and as I sit at the dining table I can hear him quietly swearing down the chimney as the mortar blows off his trowel.

On the up side we have found out all sorts of things about our house as we have pared back the layers.  There is a man sitting on scaffolding for hours on end hammering away as he repairs our cherished timber and brick infill gable.  All the chaps speak about it lovingly and in hushed tones and I get  frequent lectures on bricks, their sizes, ages and colours.  And we have found medieval great bricks in the oddments used to build the garden wall.  Apparently there are also some up the chimney.  We might never have known.

Don't know what it is...

I've been car booting.  Found this.  It's a pottery trapezoidal box with a hole in the top.  Maker's mark is Taylor and Tunnicliff and the design registration number suggests it dates from 1888.

I cannot figure out what it is, but clearly there was another bit to it.  I think it may be the base of some kind of lamp.  I just like it for it's oddness.