Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: knitting

  • Little Princes

      So, like any good English loving American, I was following the news on the royal baby closely these past couple weeks as the due date came and went, anxious to know if it would be a boy or girl and what the name would be.  On Monday, when I read that the duchess was…

  • A summer note

      We’re in the long hot days now– summer is here. Although not as brutally as last year and the year before, and I’m thankful for that! Waiting for the tomatoes to ripen and the sunflowers to open. But mostly? I’m thinking of my favorite season, Autumn, and cool nights, grinning pumpkins, spooky tales and…

  • Knitted Nesting

        I’m not planning a nursery, nor have I bought a single baby item. But I have been nesting in my own way– the knitting way!   I was pretty proud of myself when I finished my first baby sweater attempt, and it even looks like a normal sweater! How about that? I didn’t use…