
During lock down to make Nicola laugh I sent her a gnome in the post. Who doesn’t raise a titter at a surprise gnome? In return she sent me a fairy, more Mavis Cruet than Cinderella. Here is the pattern if you’d like to make your own (watching Willo the Wisp is purely optional but

It’s been a frustrating few days the weather has been grim, grey and gloomy and my current knitting project isn’t working out. Knitted Christmas present production has slowed up. An afternoon of baking seemed a quicker way of making a few gifts and with a little judicious planning there would be a few left to