Books: Booktown Mysteries
Lorna Barrett writes the series A Booktown Mystery set in Stoneham, New Hampshire. This is a quaint little village with a variety of specialty bookstores. Tricia Miles moved to Stoneham and opened her own mystery bookstore, Haven’t Got A Clue. … Continued
Scarves: A Mobius
English, you’ve gotta love it. Sometimes pronunciation can be tricky. You think it is one thing and it turns out to be something else. Is it wind or wind? Wind with a short i as in a windy day or … Continued
Books: Kate Shackleton
This cozy mystery series is by Frances Brody, set in the 1920’s in England, features Kate Shackleton as a private investigator. Kate, a widow whose husband is presumed dead in the war, undertakes finding missing persons. She also uses … Continued
Scarves: One Stitch Lace
Here is another simple, but impressive looking scarf. It’s called the one stitch lace scarf. This is a pattern that encourages you to drop stitches. The knit stitch is all you do, with combinations of yarn overs (yo) in one … Continued
Books: The Feathering Mysteries
The Fethering Mysteries is a series of books written by Simon Brett. So far there are 20 books in this series which I have been reading over the last couple of years. Jude and Carole, who are unlikely neighbours and … Continued
Crochet wind spinners
On a visit to one of my favourite blogs I discovered a pattern for a crochet wind spinner. I just love wind spinners/twirlers in the garden. It is a wonderful project to use up the left over yarn (Red Heart … Continued
Birdhouse City
We recently took a day trip to Birdhouse City at Macaulay Mountain in Picton. Macaulay Mountain is a Conservation Area, on County Road 8 in Prince Edward County. A former superintendent of PERCA built the first birdhouse and it was … Continued
Books: More Knit & Nibble
I’m still knitting away on various projects and I’m continuing to read the Knit and Nibble series, this time in ebooks. Died in the Wool was the second book in the series that I missed when I originally borrowed this … Continued
Scarves: Close to You
I’ve just completed a close to you shawlette in variegated greens with a yarn I’ve had for awhile. This started out as a Yarn Crawl pattern but I was never happy with it as the yarn was a bit to … Continued
Scarves: Fishtail Lace
The Fishtail Lace Scarf, was a free pattern from Knit Picks when I got it, was knit in my favourite colour green. The alpaca yarn comes in a skein, and was wound into a ball on a ball winder thanks … Continued