Hi, and welcome to the first post of my new blog.

I’ll get straight to the point.

As some of you may know, recently my “employers” at Radio NZ decided that I would not be permitted to write a column in well-known Auckland based magazine.

However, I’m not one to let the bastards keep me down.

Hence this blog.

Now that I have so much time in the day - after all, I do finish work at 9am, 9.15am at the latest if Kathryn is late in (like she so often has been this winter) - I’ve found that there’s nothing better to fill the day with than using my hands to create something.

On this site, I’ll be posting about my favourite crafts, as well as loading tutorials and photos of my latest projects.

You can leave questions in the comments. I will do my utmost to answer them.