All posts by: Brenda

30 Jan 2011

On a winter’s day.

We spent the day walking on Marros Mountain. Not the whole day. We were only out for about two and a half hours, but the sun was low in the sky when we returned, so it feels like we were at it all day. Our mission today was a long walk, and we accomplished that,…

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06 Jan 2011

If you want the best jam, you got to make your own.

This was breakfast today. Warm bread, fresh from the oven, slathered in butter with lashings of blueberry jam. Blueberries are usually far too expensive to put into jam. Tonia found the berries in a post-holiday clear out at one of the big supermarkets. Just 37 pence per 200 grams. Rejoice with me. I was not…

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01 Jan 2011

Episode 97: Sharing the Joy

Goodbye 2010. (Don’t the door hit your ass on the way out.) Roll on 2011! In this episode, a December gift knitting round up, tales of over indulgence, country walks, and sharing the joy.

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30 Nov 2010

A girl’s gotta knit

Although I had hoped to, I just can’t podcast today. There’s no way to do it AND finish the sample garment I’m furiously knitting in time for the photo shoot scheduled this weekend. Sample garment wins. In addition to being way late delivering this project, I am also way sick of it. More done with…

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23 Nov 2010

Episode 96: Simple Gifts

Homemade marmalade is a very good thing. Crashing a car, not so much. The most exciting part of my week involved solving the problem of too-tight double increases worked on the edge. And there was much rejoicing when I figured it out. In this episode I describe exactly how I did it.

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