I was sitting on the back door step as the clock neared midnight on the last day of 2017.  Both children were out so it was just me and my cup of tea.  For the very first time in my 46 years on earth, I was to greet the new year alone. With hindsight, my word for 2017 should have been 'acceptance'.  I had no choice but to accept the huge changes in my life.  I had very ..read more

I've been seeing a counsellor for the last few months.  She knows about my blog and that I've been wanting to return to it for a little while.  She also knows that I've not been quite sure how.  Is it actually as simple as cropping back up with prettily-staged pictures and woolly waffle; making no mention of what's happened in the last seventeen months?  Can I honestly do that ..read more

It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you I am closing my little pink yarn shop with immediate effect.  I have done my very best in circumstances which have personally devastated me but I simply cannot sustain it financially or emotionally any more.  So much has changed since I signed the lease exactly one year ago. I will be gradually listing all of my stock in my Etsy shop over the ..read more

Christmas is a funny time of year.  It's a time when everything seems amplified somehow.  If you are at one with yourself and surrounded by those that you truly love, it's a magical time.  A day of happy togetherness.  If, for whatever reason, all is not well with your world, it's a real toughie. We had a quiet one, my children ..read more

Six months ago I opened the door to my little pink yarn shop for the very first time. I had every intention of sharing the experience with you dear friends but unforeseen events thwarted that particular plan.  I don't mind telling you, the last six months have been a bit of a bugger!  The most difficult of my entire life.  You see, just as my ..read more

Quite often someone will wander into my shop, attracted purely by the colours.  They can be quite apologetic about the fact that they neither knit nor crochet.  When I've pointed out the error of their ways in no uncertain terms (not really!), I'm quite happy to let them have as much of a colour fix as they'd like.  Apparently sweet shops can have the same effect on even those with a ..read more

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. I wanted to take a moment to thank every single one of you who commented or sent me a message after this post.  I responded to very few of you, I'm sorry.  I didn't feel able to at the time.  It's not been sitting very well with me that I haven't properly and ..read more

Sew Sweet Violet Podcast They were for meeeeee! I cannot recommend this magazine highly enough.  It's beautiful.  http://www.breathemagazine.co.uk Kate Selene's gorgeous hand-dyed yarns now available in my real-life yarn shop. 'Pink Milk Palette' kits available online very soon. ... in always having fresh flowers ... in the joy of colour ..read more

The shop has gone very quiet.  I think most people are off on their holibobs.  It seems a good time to close for a while and perhaps creep away for my own little break.  I shall reopen on Friday 5th August 2016. I wish you days full of sunshine and smiles my dear friends and send you Hawaiian Tropic-scented cuddles. xxx ..read more

I woke up this morning with a lightness in my heart that I haven't felt for months.  It's now 7pm and it's still there. I actually have more control over all this than I realised, don't I? I'm smiling because I'm ready.  I'm ready to make it happen. xxx Credits Yarn : Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend dk in 'Forget Me Not' (a dream of a yarn to work with; each stitch ..read more