Travel | The Yurt Retreat, Dorset, UK

Do you feel like life gets busier once we hit the autumn/winter months? I do. I'm not sure if it's because "la rentrée" comes along and everyone restarts school and work following their summer holidays or if it's the fact that everyone's social calendars start to fill up exponentially in the lead up to Christmas…

Travel | Puerto Natales, Patagonia, Chile

Chile - wow! Can I just go back? For those of you who don't know, last year, I travelled to Chile with my husband for our honeymoon in November and it was honestly the trip of a lifetime. Chile was a country that had never even hit my radar, that had never even crossed my…

Top Tips for Packing When You’re a Knitter

By the time you read this, I'll be in Chile travelling around and hopefully, having the time of my life with my new husband. We decided to wait a bit between getting married and having a honeymoon, for the simple reason that we already had some job commitments lined up after the wedding, but also…

Microadventures | Clifton Rocks Railway

It has officially been a year since I moved to the South West of England. It's been a year since I moved and if I'm totally honest, I've not made the most of it (thanks wedding!). Have you ever just sat down and said to yourself, I'm not happy with how my life is? I…

Microadventures | Dunkirk Mill, Nailsworth

Disclaimer: I am not sponsored by The Simple Things or the Shroud Textile Trust. All comments and opinions are really my own. I just like sharing things I enjoy. The 12th-13th of May was Yarn shop day (#yarnshopday) here in the UK, but did you also know it was National Mill Weekend? I found out…

Travel | Marseille, France

So finally, I've said goodbye to the South of France, but before I forget, I thought I should share with you my favourite craft places in Marseille, the nearest city to where I lived. Marseille is a very particular city; It's like marmite - you love it or you hate it. The locals say that…