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Life goes on: drawing black cat Poppy 8 May 2013 | 05:32 pm

Thanks to sorrow over Toby's passing, another lengthy absence from my blog, although I have not been idle, just quiet while Poppy and I got used to life without him.  Here she is: Thanks to Nick Spen...

Toby 2000 to 2013 23 Feb 2013 | 02:05 am

The gorgeous and happy Toby shared my home with me and his mum, Poppy, for the last two and a bit years, although we actually knew each other for the whole of his life. When Toby and Poppy came to liv...

New Adventures In Knitting: My First Pattern 5 Feb 2013 | 08:49 pm

As promised on 30th January, here is my very first knitting pattern, carefully written out for others to use. A little owl finger puppet, who could be a wise owl, Hedwig, or the owl from my favourite ...

Stepping Stone Plans for 2013 30 Jan 2013 | 04:13 pm

It's long been a plan for me to write and publish the knitting patterns for the little creatures I invent, so as a stepping stone goal towards this I am going to be posting the pattern to make these t...

Achievements to mark 23 Jan 2013 | 07:13 pm

Another huge gap between posts! I've not been idle, just working very hard on improving my hand, with a lot of success: thankfully, I can now draw, paint and knit again without being unduly concerned ...

Upate on the broken finger and Ravellenic Games 25 Aug 2012 | 08:45 pm

It was February when I last blogged about the healing process of my broken finger. Being by nature an optimistic person, I continued to count my blessings of the tiny improvements until May, which was...

Summer Holiday 2012 Number One 18 Aug 2012 | 05:47 am

Life has been busy, busy, busy this spring and summer, so it was great to have a couple of days by the sea in Margate at the begining of July: I love watching this ship gently moving along on the gre...

Blog project: The Selfish Giant - rough illustration no 2 29 Mar 2012 | 03:19 am

With this project I want to switch between watercolour and black and white illustrations to fit in with the mood of the story, so here is the first pen and ink rough: I'm imagining the giant as tired...

Blog project: The Selfish Giant 22 Mar 2012 | 12:09 am

There's been another lengthy absence from my blog due to unforseen family circumstances at the start of February. Thankfully, I can now resume my usual creative life.  In the interim, I have had the e...

Completing Things 4 Feb 2012 | 01:53 am

One of the more bizarre effects of breaking my finger last year is that I have become very comfortable with not completing things!  In the first part of 2011 I had embarked on many projects, ranging f...

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