I was reading something interesting over the weekend, about the factors that contribute to a solid long term relationship. It was talking about how men and women’s concept of romance differs drastically; a study had been done where men and women were asked to rate certain activities on a scale of 1 to 10, as […]

The Scene:
The Posh Yarn living room. Posh Dee and Tony are twisting up the new cashmere yarn into skeins.
Tony: So what do you think of the new yarn then?
Dee: It’s incredible. Its so soft and smooshy. I want to keep it all.
Tony: (Silence)
Dee: But I won’t.
Tony: (Silence)
Dee: I can’t wait for everyone to see it.
Tony: […]

Every time Tony dyes, there’ll be an odd skein here and there that gets rejected. Sometimes the colourway came out a bit blah, or it may have got cross contaminated with dye and has discoloured spots. In any case, every few weeks, Tony does a re-dye batch, where he overdyes these rejected skeins. The results […]

I have a sick man on my hands. Tony has chronic asthma, which has been getting worse lately, and now on top of that, has what I think is bronchitis. He’s been bad since Thursday of last week. And as with most sick men, he’s…… ah……. let’s say high maintenance when he’s unwell. Add to […]

Sorry, didn’t mean to go AWOL on you there. But what with one thing (being ill) and another (having house guests) half of this week has gone past before I could catch my breath. Anyway, here’s one of the things I wanted to show you this week:
I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted […]