Some people come to clean the house.
No show
The ivy hasn’t been done.
The ivy
A neighbour’s ivy needs cutting down, but access to it is from my garden.
The things people leave behind
I clear out the stuff left in the house by the previous owner.
A new home
We buy a house.
Inheriting a garden
There are already established plants, shrubs and trees in the garden. What am I going to do with them?
Blackberry-stitch tea cosy: handle and spout openings
Yet more knitting terms flummox me.
Blackberry-stitch tea cosy: top shaping
I don’t understand some more knitting terms.
Blackberry-stitch tea cosy: blackberry stitch
I have to learn how to do blackberry stitch for my tea cosy. It’s tricky.
Blackberry-stitch tea cosy: picot edge
I try to knit a picot row. A what? I don’t know.