As you know, all of the yarns in our range are named after women. To begin with, I picked names that I thought sounded Posh (lots of them from Georgette Heyer novels!), some of the earlier ones were Cordelia, Lucia, Seraphina, Henrietta. But as our range has swelled (I think we’ve had over 100 different yarns at […]

I’ve never been a girl’s girl. You know how some women have sisterhoods? Not me. I never felt like I fitted in with other women. I always felt more comfortable with guys. But recently, I’ve begun to realize that I do have my own sisterhood. I do have girlfriends that are there for me. They lift me up, they make […]

Do you remember me telling you a while ago about my big sister? She used to knit a lot, and did some beautiful work. But time, and life, and a lack of good knitting patterns got in the way, and it’s been a long, long time since she knitted anything much. So I’ve been trying […]

I am So! Excited!! We were talking last week about taking a holiday later this year, and decided that what we most wanted to do was to go over and visit Tony’s sister & family, who live in Missouri.
“And let’s spend a couple of days in New York on our way through,” I said.
“Let’s do […]

Fourteen years ago today. Fourteen long years, with many beautiful days, many difficult days, many days of tenderness and comfort and harmony.

Fourteen years ago today, I was waking up on my wedding day. I was eighteen, very young, and my wedding dress had had to be taken in by hand because my waist was so […]