My second knitting attempt is a little cardigan I made for my husband’s newest granddaughter, now nearly 5 months. I used a Debbie Bliss pattern (from her book Simply Baby; pub. Quadrille 2006) and the recommended yarn, her Baby Cashmerino (55% wool, 33% acrylic, 12% cashmere). It was a slightly alarming pattern as it is […]

As this week as is the last week before we go into Lent I was intending to roll my sleeves up and try Miranda Gore Browne’s Spicy Jaffa Biscuits. To make these you have to make a tray of spicy orange jelly, then produce a sponge base and finally, when the jelly is placed on […]