Fancy some Mole sauce for your supper tonight? I discovered Mole sauce at Waitrose, I was looking for Mango Chutney and came across it! What was it? Was it made from Moles? Being inquisitive I bought a jar to take home. Mole Sauce Dark with Chocolate Rich with Chipotle Well, that’s what it said on […]

  Eighteen months ago we exchanged our old Fiat van for a new one. The idea was to sign write the van with a big picture of a baby like the last one. The last van had had a photograph of our baby daughter dressed as a boy and named Andrew Jack!!  It didn’t go […]

Since we set up Mr Mole Blankets back in 2001 we have been very lucky to have had so many gorgeous babies to photograph. Our son was born in 2000, he was along with all the other babies in our antenatal group the first models for our personalised blankets. There was William, Aidan, Joel, Alexander […]

September has to be one of my favourite months for cookery. The garden, greenhouse and hedgerows overflowing with produce. my Bramley apple tree is so laden with apples the branches are touching the floor, just need to add a few brambles from the local hedgerows and hey presto my favouite Crumble!! The greenhouse this time […]

I was amazed when researching my last blog on names, how many names derive from Elizabeth. When ever we receive an order for a personalised blanket featuring the name Elizabeth we have to discuss the font we use for the embroidery. As the image of the name above shows, the ‘z’ looks a little odd, a […]

September seems an odd month in the Mr Mole Blankets calender. The warmer months have passed and we look forward to the busier colder months just around the corner. It seems sad to think like this, almost wishing away the summer but I love the run up to Christmas and all the excitement that comes […]

  Last Sunday I was on the North Yorkshire Moors walking and was saddened to see dozens of dead moles hanging from a length of barbed wire. The trophies of a Mole catcher!! Apparently a farmer was telling me that was the way a Mole Catcher advertised his skills, he showed off his catches to all the […]

My job at Mr Mole Blankets  involves embroidering the names of babies onto the blankets. I am always amazed at the wide range of names people choose to name their babies. The foreign names with accents are interesting and the Irish names that you have no idea how to pronounce like Niamh, pronounced Neve. I […]

I have just had a very satisfying weekend!! Saturday morning was the usual rush around between ballroom dancing sessions (for my youngest), the supermarket and kayaking lessons (for the eldest). Clad in mens sexy wellies I ventured outside and continued digging out my compost bins. The garden is now covered in well rotted compost. I also enjojed […]

As we are always making blankets and shawls for new born babies we are increasingly receiving requests for gifts for ‘The Baby Shower’. When we started making blankets 12 years ago the baby shower was almost unheard of and we assumed the craze had come from the USA. After researching this new celebration we have […]