Ellie
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Smallholding Sunday
A goal setting post for the smallholding this year
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Looking for last minute gift knits or a Christmas Eve cast on??
I got you covered!!! I have been working on quite a few patterns recently!! Including these!! (With more coming in the new year) All inspired by my love of nature and living close to nature! We have the Queen Bee Hat and I am chuffed to bits with how this has turned out so I…
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Wooly Wednesday
A little post about some new sweaters I have knit up for the boys! The Diplodocus sweaters!
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Scrumptious Saturday: pumpkin muffins
We grew a heap of pumpkins this year as I use them for forest school usually, for Montessori activities, for the mud kitchen etc but with the current circumstances, Forest school was cancelled this year for the Halloween special…. So we have been thinking of ways of using pumpkins!! Luckily our Piglets LOVE them and…
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Have you ever fancied dyeing your own yarn!?
Well I have developed a kit just for you!!! The kit contains: Two 100g skeins of our pure Llanwenog Aran weight yarn A professional grade dye specially blended for you, in two colours and you can choose the base colour, and either a tonal or contrasting colour! Gloves Stirrers A full set of instructions helping…
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Smallholding update!
Living the dream!!! So many people say this to us!! And it always makes me laugh a little, yes in so very many ways we are living the dream, but I really don’t think a lot of people realise how much hard work the dream is!! Take this week for example!! All the rain and…
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Scrumptious Saturdays – Pear Clafoutis
A while ago a dear friend sent me a recipe for pear clafoutis and I thought I’d share it with you! We have made this a fair few times and substituted different fruits in at different times of year or supplemented dwindling pear supplies with blackberries or apples etc etc!! It’s quite simply delightful!!!
