After a rather long time I finally finished my Nimubus Cardigan. It wasn't so much the knitting that took me so long, but the thought of assembling it all. I just hate sewing knitted pieces together, so I've been putting it off for as long as I could...

The other week I tried having a go at making soap. As I only wanted to understand the basics, I kept it really simple: just vegetable oil, caustic soda and some essential eucalyptus oil.

As promised in my last post here's a tutorial how to make a lantern.You won't need many materials for step 1 and even less for step 2: just and old cardboard jar such as a big coffee jar (from work) or a normal household sized hot chocolate one, self...

Being German, Guy Fawkes Day doesn't really mean a lot to me, but a friendly gathering around a bonfire is just sooo cosy + I love the fireworks and even more: sparklers.Every year they are having a big fire on the farm here, where we live but this...

Tonight Jamie and I made toffee apples which are looking very tasty although they are still a bit sticky.