There have been many celebrations throughout the land of the 100 years of the WI – each federation set up independently so although the idea first came to Wales from Canada in 2015, the general thrust took off from mid 2017 ad onwards.  My particular group only forming in the late 1960s is way off, […]

For years I have kept my knitting wools and needles in an old laundry stand up in the back bedroom.  They’ve been sadly neglected, especially in the summer.  I don’t know why – I recall the joyous satisfaction of pressing and trying on no end of jumpers that I’d knitted from patters in magazines.  I […]

I was attending a committee meeting the other evening – connected with a very well known and respected organisation for women.  Say no more.  There we were supposed to be planning the yearly campaign for craft evening and lunch dates.  What was actually happening was much giggling, chattering and congratulations being plied to one member […]

I belong to a couple of groups in a nearby village.  One is designed to be only women and can remain so under current law because of the very nature of it’s activity and purpose – a century ago.  The other group is just for anyone over a certain age and was primarily for social […]

I belong to a local federation of the wi.  My daughter belongs also and we love meeting up with older ladies – some of them just look ancient and in fact are not much older in years than me.  I just look and behave much younger!  I do however share the same old fashioned ideas […]

I had the good fortune to spend Christmas with a family who have lived in their cottage for over 40 years, they bought the first half before they married, tiny little place in which they managed to have both sons! Then the adjoining cottage was acquired and the mammoth job of joining them commenced.  I’ve […]

The big german supermarket store down in town has a huge middle aisle section full of an ever changing array of special offers.  Always domestic items, sauce pans, sandwich makers, kettles etc. Other weeks it has a theme like camping in which there will be tents, inflatable beds, folding chairs, mini fridges etc.   My family […]

I have  a family friend who I meet up with every two or three months.  We rarely speak between these meetings but manage to ourselves to one good gossip.  We exchange news of what our very  similarly aged daughters are up to and what her son is doing now that he is out of the […]

Learning the skills of dressmaking has always been on the periphary of my interests but I have never actually gotten around to doing anything about it.  I see fabulous outfits in the top end fashion magazines, I look and laugh at their ugliness most of the time.  Whereas when I see any womens’ magazine from […]

I was bought a voucher for a local habidashery venture recently opened and desperately hoping to drum up business and remain there.   The donor of this kind gift is a very hands on crafter herself and knew that in my younger days I used to knit a great deal – lots of baby jackets and […]