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Helen
@helenintgarden.bsky.social
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I love spending time in my garden, mostly sitting reading or crocheting. I usually talk about food, books, Sheffield, making things, life in general.
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Photo of my tin opener
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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9) 5 shelves completed on my #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw 🧶

Whoops... still can't count...
Photo of my crochet bookshelf throw.
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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5 shelves completed on my #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw... it's getting quite big now... and keeps me really warm and cosy as I work on it... it's still really fun to work on... and makes me feel like I'm a dot matrix printer in slow motion... 🧶
5 shelf crochet bookcase with green books on a navy background, and pale blue shelves. The books are stacked in different ways and there are plants, ornaments and bookends on some of the shelves. There are loose ends at the end of each row, they will be enclosed in a double layer border, avoiding the need to sew them in.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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That's a huge Fred collection... we just have one... living on our kitchen windowsill... and I've never seen creme egg toy cars before...
Fred flour duster on a sunny windowsill, with a rusty hovis tin, and a bottle of liquid soap in front of him. The hovis tin contains 3 old mugs, and there is an old toothbrush in one of them.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I bought the Christmas card stamps today... I can't believe how much they cost now... almost twice the price they were a few years ago... but at least I like the design... they make me think of these stamps from my childhood... which I always liked...
Photo of a sheet of 2nd class Christmas stamps, with an angel design, in green, fuchsia and gold. The 1971 Christmas stamps, 2½p red angel and 3p blue angel.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I might finish the blanket I started making over 10 years ago this winter... it would be good to reclaim the cupboard space... it was my first ever crochet blanket... and such fun... until I lost interest...
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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I have always been a random collector of free patterns... because I'm left handed... and some patterns written by right handers just don't work out for me... ravelry has a huge database of patterns... I probably have paper copies of the patterns I used to make all these somewhere...
Crochet Christmas wreath, covered in 2-300 amigurumi. Don't attempt this unless you become obsessed with making Christmas amigurumi, and can somehow find the time and patience to sew them on.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) fairy lights on a dull November day ✨️
2) cosy times indoors with warming stews and curries 🍛
3) rediscovering watching films on #Mubi🎬
4) another shelf completed on my #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw 🧶
5) a sainsburys delivery to stock up the cupboards🥫
Photo of my bookshelf throw.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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You will eat lots of chips... made with real potatoes... and just a little bit of oil... also roast veg... roast veg & hummus is a regular lunch in our house now... don't overfill the airfryer... it will take longer to cook... and won't be as crisp... this book is great for ideas...
Photo of the cover of The Green Air Fryer Cookbook by Denise Smart
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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4 shelves completed on my #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw... I'm still really enjoying working on this pattern... and can't wait to see the next shelf emerge... 🧶
Photo of my bookshelf blanket WIP with navy background, pale blue shelves and bright green books. The books are piled in different ways and there are other items on the shelves including a plant and some vases.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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I made a special platter when I did a few pottery sessions... we use it for cakes... and also for cheese etc... it was Mr Intgarden's Christmas present a couple of years ago...
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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This is our tin opener... I wanted to recommend it to @fionadean.bsky.social & @sparklyfellelf.bsky.social last week... but was on my way to Manchester airport... and couldn't remember the make... it's the best one we've ever had... and is at least 10 years old...
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White Kuhn Rikon tin opener, with chunky handle to turn. It takes the whole lid of, and has metal pincers on the side to lift the lid off.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The lights used to light up properly... and were powered through a system of tiny wires and plugs... using a huge battery... that went in the back of the dolls house... sadly the batteries are no longer available... so the lights can no longer light up...
Photo of the bathroom. The fittings are all yellow, but the toilet has brown wood panels, the sink and bath have blue tiles, and the shower has red tiles. Photo of the master bedroom, with white wooden double bed, dresser and bedside table. There is an orange ceiling lamp, and an orange table lamp. There is a mirror with a scrolled frame on the wall. The children's bedroom has wooden bunk beds with orange covers. The girl of the house is on a roxking horse. There is a yellow rug on the floor, and a small lego bookcase. I think that the boy must be in the bath, as I can't see him on the photos. Photo of the back of the dolls house, showing the hole where the giant battery used to go, to power the lights.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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My parents still have my childhood dolls house... My nephews and neices have grown out of it now... but we haven't quite managed to part with it... It's a 1970s Lundby dolls house... and so is most of the furniture... and 4 of the people...
Photo of the front of a 1970s Lundby dolls house. In front of it is a little wooden boat that I made at school. Photo of the dining room, with open plan staircase, red piano & stool, and round red wooden table with 4 chairs. The mother doll is sitting at the table wearing a green dress. There is a bright yellow light fitting over the table. Photo of the kitchen, with blue sink unit, red welsh dresser, white oven, and round red table with 2 chairs. The walls are blue and yellow. There is a clock on the wall and a kettle on the hob. Photo of the lounge, with red & yellow wallpaper, and a yellow fringed lampshade. There is a bright pink patterned 3 piece suite. The dad doll is sitting on one chair, playing the guitar (brooch). There is a china dog on the other chair, and a little chimney sweep doll on the sofa. There is a goldfish tank on top of the TV, which always shows a cat programme, and there is a birdcage in the far corner.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Look what I saw... in my friends fridge... in #Copenhagen... the people of #Sheffield will be outraged... it looks like the international market needs to add an extra descriptive word to the label...
A danish bottle of Henderson's relish. The bottle says Hendersons Worcestershire sauce on it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Handwritten note, in blue bic pen on a small square of paper. Google lens thought I said: I love seing all Grese handantben posos but my corong is deceptive... it looks neat but can be dillicult to read even la me! I actually wrote: I love seeing all these handwritten posts - but my writing is deceptive... it looks neat but can be difficult to read - even for me!
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I'm so looking forward to Christmas dinner this year now... I'm thinking of having it with mustard roast potatoes... and roasted oranges with sausage & cranberries... and I will have to add sprouts somewhere...as they are essential to Mr Intgarden... We will cook together...but planning is my job...
Screenshot of mustard roast potatoes, from this month's Good Food magazine. Screenshot of Roasted oranges with sausage and cranberries recipe, from this month's Good Food magazine. Screenshot of the photo of roast orange recipe.
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I've just spent another morning not reading my book... somehow the whole morning disappeared... sorting out the recipes I screenshot the other day... looking for ideas for Christmas dinner... I really like the sound of this recipe... but suspect that it's way too faffy for me to want to make it...
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Looks like you could be right though... I found this on their Wikipedia page...
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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My #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw is coming along nicely... I love seeing each shelf develop... it's about half way now... unless I decide to add a 7th shelf...🧶
Bookshelf crochet blanket with 3 shelves completed. The books are bright green, and piled up in different ways. The 3rd shelf includes 3 vases, and bookends with A and Z on them. The background is navy, and the shelves are pale blue. There are lots of ends, but the pattern has a clever double layer border to hide them all.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) finally washing my hair
2) kicking leaves 🍂🍁
3) autumn sunshine 🌞
4) a perfect and uneventful Saturday ✨️
5) walking with Mr Intgarden 💕
6) we've got new duvets 🛍 🛏
7) a wonderful evening with my book group 📚
Photo of our new duvet, with a bright coloured geometric bird pattern.
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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I can't believe the difference it has made... treating ourselves to a new duvet... and cover this week... and for once I have managed to find something that matches our colour scheme... and isn't too white... or too floral... Habitat have a great range of cheap & cheerful bedding...
Photo of our bed with a brightly coloured geometric pattern of birds, and navy sheets. The bedroom wall is a bright spring green, and the ceiling (not in photo) is pale blue.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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My book group has circulated our book list for 2026... that we agreed last night... and surprise surprise... I have just ordered cheap 2nd hand copies of most of them already... there are just 3 where I want the price to come down if possible...💙📚
Books for 2026! January - The Black Dress by Deborah Moggach February - Solito by Javier Zamora March - The Appeal by Janice Hallett April - Himself by Jess Kidd May - The Child in Time by lan McEwan June - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark July - Our Island Stories by Corinne Fowler August - Timbuktu by Paul Auster September - Intermezzo by Sally Rooney October - Wasting Time on the Internet by Kenneth Goldsmith November - The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier December - The Elements by John Boyne
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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One day I might finally get this blanket out of the cupboard and finish it... it was the first blanket I ever started to make... and was an absolute joy to work on... but has been sitting in the cupboard for about 10 years or so...
Colourful blanket of crochet flowers, in random bright colours of yarn, spread out on the floor.
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I said hello to our favourite tree... then walked through the muddy field... and up to the lane... that feels like the top of the world... I love that this is less than half an hours walk from suburbia...🌞🍂🍁🍂
Our favourite tree, a huge and wonderful sycamore beside the stream, with really widely stretched out branches, covered in moss and ivy. It feels like a wise old tree, that has been watching everything come and go, for hundreds of years. A windswept tree beside the lane. There is a big sky, with lots of fluffy white clouds, and a grassy hill. Looking over a dry stone wall towards the sun which will soon disappear behind the hills. The grass in the field is a vivid shade of green, and there are tall faded stems in front of the wall.
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM