Mumsey's Ramblings

Sarah asked me to make a hood like one she had bought for Isla. Then she thought some mittens would be good too so I said you buy the wool a...

A request for something with silver in for all the girly things little girls wear had me looking hard for something to edge a basic grey car...

One of my beautiful granddaughters was given a ladybug toy similar to this one  when she was just a baby and she has made it her special ...

As I have mentioned in a previous post I have a Pinterest account and one of the boards is titled “Things I’d Like My Mum To Make.” Eac...

Jennifer has started a board on Pinterest titled: Things I'd like my Mum to make :) that her and Sarah have added to. I check it ...

I had come to a bit of a standstill with my knitting as I had started a little jacket for one of my grandchildren with some lovely red mohai...

With all the baby clothes I have knitted over the last few years I am beginning to build up a few end of balls in different colours. I am n...

My Dad loves a cup of tea. But he hates tea bags. He has a two cup pottery teapot that he uses and a very large selections of Twinings te...

When my children were babies I knitted a few of the Plunket singlet patterns both the fancy one and the thicker rib one. I also sewed th...

With grand-baby number six arriving soon I have had my knitting needles out again. Theresa and Steven are expecting their first baby in Ma...

"What?" you ask. A dear friend, Rose, gave me a bag full of balls of wool and old patterns when she was tidying out her house be...