This pattern is from the Woman's Journal 7th Book of Knitting and Crochet from 1935. (I think). This is a scanned pattern from the ...

I've been invited to the launch party for a book called Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms by Paul Willetts. Image courtesy of Pa...

Image rozrussell.com I have become a 'reader' at the British Library , and a 'writer' for In Retrospect magazine. ...

With the E17 Autumn Designers' Market coming up in early October, I have been busy making hats and brooches to sell. I have now put u...

This pattern is from The Needlewoman magazine from July 1934. Worked in 'Viyella' laceweight wool in red, white and blue. To fit a 3...

We're back from our holiday in the US, and I'm being kept busy with the children on school holidays. My boy starts Year 1 in Septemb...

I made it there eventually, and it was worth it. I didn't want to go in the school holidays, but I knew if I didn't go now, I would ...

Easy enough for a beginner and in a larger size Thank you all for the comments on my last post about what 'women of a certain age...

My 21st birthday wearing a Miss World (Hole) T-shirt I turned 42 last week, and it got me thinking. In fact, I'm pretty much alway...