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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...