Makepeace McEvoy

Doctor, Doctor!

I'm not a Whovian, in particular. I used to watch it as a child in the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker days, and both of them were very good, and I can't even remember who took over from Tom Baker but I rather lost interest after that.

Sewing for every body

I was originally planning to post about something else today, but you'll get that tomorrow now instead. Yesterday morning I had a very nice chat on Mastodon with someone else who sews her own clothes; and while she does, like me, also have a non-average figure, one of

A knotty question

I used to do quite a lot of Celtic knotwork; some of it even went on that cake I mentioned, the one that was a prize in the church raffle all those years ago. I had books on the subject. You see, I write poetry myself as well as translating

Game, set, and matching decor

Let me start by saying that you don't actually need fancy props to do roleplaying. It's perfectly possible to do it online without anything like that, just so long as you have a little bit of software to roll dice for you (and a lot of

There may be trouble ahead

I was invited to a wedding that took place in April; and I'd rather like to tell you the story behind that one, because it was a mature romance and I'm always fond of those, but that would make the post too long. So instead I&

Everything in its place

So, obviously, I like knitting and I like beads; and therefore it was only a matter of time before I decided to put the two together. This is the start of a beaded top I designed using Paintbox Metallic, and I mostly want to talk about the beading today, but

Theme and variations

I may have mentioned that the demographic is a bit odd here. At one point I heard that there were more under-1s in this town than over-55s; that may have changed, since it is now more than a year since I heard that particular snippet, but it is true that

Lost in translation

Does poetry translation count as a craft? Well, I'm going to count it. At some point in the late 00s, I discovered this book and it completely blew my mind. I was already familiar with some of Hofstadter's other work, so I was expecting it to

The same yesterday...

When I joined the church I currently attend, it was pretty small. There were maybe about thirty of us. Since then, the town has grown apace and the church with it, and now we can easily get 150 people in on a Sunday morning. That rather makes me feel we

Off the Wall

Today I'm going to talk about something I made for Porthos; but before I do so, a quick aside about Athos. You've probably noticed that I've been telling you I made such a thing for Porthos, and such a thing for d'Artagnan,

Workaround

When you really want to knit, but you can't because your wrists are going to hurt if you try, you look for alternatives. I had a cheap knitting machine for a while. It did colourwork surprisingly well (I had a young friend, the nephew of an old friend,

Maestro... please!

I haven't done a vast amount in the way of cake decorating. My mother was always the expert on that (she doesn't do it any more, being 86 and not too steady on her feet), and she used to do some real show-stoppers. However, this isn&