Winwick Mum
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An award-winning creative lifestyle blog featuring the hugely popular free Sockalong sock-knitting tutorials for beginners - let the fun begin! I'm Christine. I live in Winwick, a small village in Cheshire, and this is where I write about what makes me happy: my family, knitting, gardening, home-making, enjoying the outdoors.
Winwick Mum
1w ago
It’s the end of week two of not so small daughter’s trip to Nepal and my stay-at-home holiday (I’m not a fan of the word “staycation”) and it’s been lovely. The sun shone and...
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Winwick Mum
1w ago
I have done very little this week, apart from knitting and listening to podcasts – and it’s been wonderful! I was going to spend the time that not so small daughter is away working...
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Winwick Mum
3w ago
It’s a busy weekend in the Winwick Mum household. We’re packing and re-packing rucksacks, making sure that passports, vaccination cards and currency are all to hand, and constantly updating a list of things we...
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Winwick Mum
3w ago
I love the words “monkey puzzle”. They make me think of a fun game, or perhaps that tree that you see growing in people’s gardens sometimes which apparently got its name from someone saying...
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Winwick Mum
1M ago
Last year, I decided that I would turn my vegetable border of three raised beds into one large flower border. It was quite a decision for me as I’d built up the veg border...
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Winwick Mum
1M ago
The dog has decided that an evening walk is essential for a dog of his age and sensibilities, and likes nothing better than to walk in the fields at the edge of the village,...
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Winwick Mum
1M ago
It was views like this that inspired the name of my Winwick Mum yarn colourway, Brightside, but despite the title of today’s post, I’m not sure that there is a bright side to all...
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Winwick Mum
1M ago
When I sat down to write my blog post for this week, I realised I had so many things to tell you that they couldn’t all possibly go in one post (socks, yarn, yarn...
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Winwick Mum
1M ago
It seems something of a paradox that you can be very busy but resting at the same time. However, that’s the weekend that we’ve had for the last three years at big daughter’s Fearless...
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Winwick Mum
2M ago
Not so small daughter is on study leave for her A Level exams which means that she’s left sixth form college and our time with children at school is over. Ooh, it’s another milestone!...
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