The Bath Crafting Cranny

Rosie Flo delights

It's nice to see that Rosie Flo colouring books are getting a good plug! I love her new book 'Rosie Flo's Kitchen' - parts of the book are printed on special see-through baking-style paper, how lovely!!

I go to a Publishing meeting on the first Tuesday of every month in the Raven - and the writer of Rosie Flo, Roz, and her partner come along too. She tells me that her children used to ask her to draw clothes so they could fill out the other details, like the faces...and the idea grew from there... 

The full range is here, and the stockists in the SW are here. Go and buy some...your children will thank you...and, if you're lucky, they might let you colour one in!

Knitting poetry!

What Happens When We Wind!

There's nothing wrong about the wool
When first it is untied;
The strands are lying evenly
And neatly, side by side.

But you should see what happens when
We start to wind that wool!
It gets in knots that won't come out,
No matter how we pull!

It keeps on slipping off our hands;
It tangles left and right;
And long before we're half-way through
It's in a dreadful plight!

The ball jumps down to find the cat,
And then it wanders round
And ties itself to table legs,
And things upon the ground.

And while we're looking for the ball,
Our Mother says, 'Oh dear!'
'You've got it in an awful mess!
'You'd better bring it here.'

[Hat tip to the V&A; check out their list of 1940s patterns while you're there - love the Fatigue Cap..!]

Moldwich

Does your lunch get pinched from the work fridge? This could be just what you need! (Just make sure that they don't throw it away before lunchtime!)

Pins making pins

This is amazing! Rather her than me though....(ow!)

Science paper of a different kind

Ooo, this appeals to the scientist in me so much that I fear I might have to strip the paper off our newly-decorated spare room and re-paper with it. But would it reduce the number of our guests willing to stay??