How Many Sleeves?
There’s a regular “joke” in our house that goes something like this… Ben: “How’s the knitting going? Are you nearly finished yet?” Susan: “Quite well, Thanks Honey. I’m on the last sleeve” Ben: “The last sleeve? How many sleeves are there? !!” Ben walks away chuckling to himself and Susan rolls her eyes…. Then, of […]
Top Secret – Declassified
Do you remember, way back in March, how excited I was to be knitting as sample for KnitOnTheNet? I first blogged it in “Top Secret Project – Shhhhh“. The big downer of the project was that I couldn’t show it to you until the book it was for was out (understandable really!) Guess what, A […]
Fast ‘n’ Stripey
Once I’d finished my Hedera socks I needed some commuting knitting. I was mean to Ben. Look, Ben. Look at this lovely ball of yarn. You’d like a pair of socks in this WOULDN’T YOU?? “Urmmmm”, said Ben, looking scared “Is ‘Yes’ the right answer?” I graciously agreed to make Ben a pair of socks […]
Have you knitted a loo seat?
Forgive me readers for I have sinned. It has been two weeks since my blog post… I’m kinda convinced life is out to get me – just when I thought the dental trauma was sorted, I caught a heavy cold and have been knocked for six. All I’ve done is sleep, and drag myself into […]
Purple Scarfery
Well I said it was quick! 😀 I’ve finished my “So Called Scarf” already. It was a great travelling knit until I got onto the second skein on Manos. Then it was too big to fit comfortably in my handbag. I then had to do more of it at home. Mewsley decided to “help” me […]
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Option 6 (seperate the colour work from the rest, hand over all the mess to a colleague that loves knitting…