Free Rebel Knitter patterns

After paying for my shopping today I passed the newspaper stand at my local Sainsbury’s and spotted the Guardian with a big ball of wool and the word Knitter on it. I picked it up and… YES! A free 12 pattern supplement + interview etc etc from Rebel Knitter aka Mazzmatazz. She is sooo cool. [...]

Plurk-mania

I blame Miss V from Lime & Violet. In her last three podcast she and co-host Carin didn’t shut up about it and I finaly checked it out. And yes, yes it is as expected the black hole of no return. Once you take the plunge you won’t ever see daylight again. Well, sort of. [...]

Beautifull Iran

Kelar Dasht by Ali Madjfar
We all hear about that evil country Iran on the news every so often. And I’m not saying that the news channels are at at fault. I’m sure that what they are reporting is news. However I would like to point out that in Iran there are countless of people like [...]

Cheap Jane Austen TV Films on iTunes

Last year ITV had a Jane Austen Season and showed three new adaptations and one older one on the telly. One of them I didn’t like at all, one was oke and two where very good indeed. See my review below for more info. For all of you who already know all about any and [...]

Visit to Canterbury

Ever since I moved to the UK two years ago I wanted to go and see Canterbury. This because it’s not to far from where I live and well because of the fact that: Ever since I learned about Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales in English lesson at school.
So we decided to go during [...]