Lost in the Wood

Get set for Valentine's Day with this crocheted kit to cover all eventualities: love potions to help you win over your object of attraction, fruity condoms for protection and penicillin for recovery if that protection didn't quite work out!  Disclaimer : other lifestyles/ romantic preferences are available, spells don't work + wool makes an awful prophylactic! I love creating potion bottles. There's real glass inside each one so they maintain a rigid, precise structure, so hopefully they appear a touch more sinister, rather than squashy and amusing.  Previously, my failure to let go of any interestingly shaped bottles has led to a mildly out of  hand glass hoarding situation developing in my already over stuffed little house. Thankfully the Great Glass Clear Out intervened to save me, and a lot of shelf space, from this collecting compulsion. These days it's special bottles only that are saved from the recycling to await transformation into curious potions, poisons

It's been a ridiculously long time since I last posted (2016!) but I feel it's high time to revive this blog so this will once again be a place for me to expand on my social media posts about the things I love doing: wandering around old, pretty streets (mostly admiring colourful paintwork and excellent doors and knockers), visiting niche/quirky museums, finding dodgy waxworks, spotting steet art, exploring medical history, fake food and enjoying being a history geek (who makes things). Next post coming soon!