A few years ago, just before Christmas I made a couple of little velvet drawstring bags decorated with seed pearls and beads. Ideal for little presents of hand strung, semi precious stones and silver beads, I gave away the necklaces and bracelets but became too attached to the bags to part with them. Of course […]

New Year finds us in Yorkshire visiting my husband’s family and as I’ve not been able to finish my knitting projects or set up the many embroideries I want to do, this seemed an ideal time to tackle a bit more mending. We had hoped all daughter No 1’s moth damage had  been dealt with […]