Hayley’s Adventures in Life and Literature

[poppy]

10 hours ago, Madeleine said:

I guess this is the female equivalent of a man buying a train set for his son/grandson/nephew etc so that he can "help" the child play with it, though he ends up using the set himself!  

 

So true! 🤭

[Hayley]

On 1/2/2026 at 6:08 AM, poppy said:

I bought the Bramley Hedge book containing all the stories, theoretically for a family member, but probably more so for myself. It's not a book we ever had but I love the illustrations and I'm crocheting a blanket based on some of the colours. I've also bought a Bramley Hedge diary 😃

Yeah, I bought them "for the baby" 😂. I didn't know there was a diary! I'd love to see the blanket when it's done!

[Hayley]

On 1/2/2026 at 4:19 PM, Madeleine said:

One more, he's presumably over indulged a bit...actually this was when they were first putting up the sculptures so I guess he wasn't properly installed at that point. 

I love them all! 

[poppy]

On 1/5/2026 at 2:58 AM, Hayley said:

Yeah, I bought them "for the baby" 😂. I didn't know there was a diary! I'd love to see the blanket when it's done!

 

I follow Lucy from Attic 24 and she has designed a blanket using Bramley Hedge illustrations as her inspiration.  I'm not using this pattern and I'm using several different colours in my blanket, but thought you might like to see this 😊

 

https://attic24.co.uk/posts/2025/10/08/storyteller-blanket-inspiration/

[Madeleine]

Oh what a lovely website, I'm going to follow her on FB, I'm desperately trying to learn how to crochet and made a stripey blanket in double crochet but that's my limit!  Her colours are lovely and she's made me want to read Brambly Hedge even more,especially the winter one!  Maybe it's a nostalgia thing, as she says there's something very comforting about them, I like to think of Jill Barklem as the Essex equivalent of Beatrix Potter, and it's a shame the books aren't as widely known.

 

Good luck with the blanket, keep us informed of your progress!

[poppy]

19 hours ago, Madeleine said:

Oh what a lovely website, I'm going to follow her on FB, I'm desperately trying to learn how to crochet and made a stripey blanket in double crochet but that's my limit!  Her colours are lovely and she's made me want to read Brambly Hedge even more,especially the winter one!  Maybe it's a nostalgia thing, as she says there's something very comforting about them, I like to think of Jill Barklem as the Essex equivalent of Beatrix Potter, and it's a shame the books aren't as widely known.

 

Good luck with the blanket, keep us informed of your progress!

 

She gives very good and detailed instructions and many of the patterns are suitable for beginners. I love her blankets and have made a great many over the years 😊