So, we are most likely all aware of the current, almost global, it seems, penchant for panic buying due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Top of the list for far too long has been, of all things, toilet paper. Kudos to…
Author: Ryllandra
Some things take quite a while to move from the acquisition stage, through the development and then re-development stages and into the final creation stage! A long time ago I purchased a variety of coloured polyester netting from Lincraft. I…
It’s a wonderful thing when the idea to adapt something to your own ends works out! For quite some time I have wanted to crochet a long, lacy jacket, I even had the pattern picked out. I just couldn’t bring…
So it’s come around again, as it does with the passing of time. That time of year when lots of people succumb to the societal pressures of gift giving. There was a time I too partook of the expectations, it…
Apricot jam has a special place in my heart. I long for the days when I knew someone, who knew someone, who had apricot trees and shared the fruit around with those who would appreciate it. The offer was most…
Remember when you used to be able to buy a decent, flavoursome corn relish? I do. I miss being able to grab a bottle of corn, or gherkin relish, and chucking it in a mixing bowl along with a block…
I do so love being able to open the fridge door to grab a container of something I’ve made. It’s especially helpful to experience that feeling when the awful dark clouds start descending, knowing I can do something good and…
Just so you know, not all of my project beginnings end with a useable end product! Sometimes that delightful looking, and feeling, yarn just does not want to be what I want it to be. I’m convinced yarn, and fabric,…
Time has a way of moving on even if we cannot, or perhaps don’t want to, keep up. These past few months, not to mention the last ten years, but for now I’m focusing on the past few months, have…
One of the most impressive aspects of crochet is the way it can be used to focus the mind on a singular task, and thus, to push aside those all too constant unwanted thoughts. Sometimes what’s needed is a complicated,…