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Red Eyed Owls and Tweed

Red Eyed Owls and Tweed

Published by on February 15, 2015 | 5 Responses

This story starts when the lovely Blacker Yarns asked if I’d like a sample of their new Westcountry Tweed yarn – I said, “Yes please!” The story ends with this little guy… For those of you who don’t know Blacker Yarns, They are ethical, UK producers of 100% Pure, natural British yarns, products and patterns. […]

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The Unblogged Cowl

The Unblogged Cowl

Published by on January 31, 2015 | 3 Responses

An unblogged project made it’s way into my 8th Blogiversary post – shocking! High time I told you all about it don’t you think? The cowl in question is “The Purl Soho Stitch Block Cowl” – a beautiful cowl using 3 different slip stitch patterns and written to use Purl Soho’s own Worsted Twist yarn. […]

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Kidsilk - Lovely Gifts and a Shocking KSH Audit

Kidsilk – Lovely Gifts and a Shocking KSH Audit

Published by on January 24, 2015 | 4 Responses

My Cracksilk Haze addiction is well documented on this blog.  I guess I have just found out why recovering addicts are not supposed to hang around with people with similar addictions…. Jenny, one of the Guilty Knitters, has been doing some serious destashing. She generously offered me her unwanted Kidsilk Haze, knowing I would give […]

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8th Blogiversary

8th Blogiversary

Published by on January 17, 2015 | 10 Responses

8 years of blogging!!! I am definitely starting to struggle šŸ™ Ā Thank you if you are managing to put up with my infrequent blog posts. It has been a toughĀ yearĀ – loosing Purcey in the summer hit usĀ so hard. Nothing has been right since. My knitting seems to have been up and down too. Gaping necks […]

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The Ones I Missed

The Ones I Missed

Published by on January 14, 2015 | Leave a response

I’ve just been looking at writting my Blogiversary post, summarizing the year’s knitting, and realized with horror – there are someĀ projects I’ve never photographed or blogged! So here is a quick and dirty blog post of the ones I missed, Completed Knit Reports at the end… The Little Red Hat… A project to use up […]

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It Took So Long

It Took So Long

Published by on January 11, 2015 | 12 Responses

Captivate has been a real slog to get finished. Can you believe I started it at the end of August? Four and a bit months to make  – with a rather nice Kitten Head Scarf in the middle of it though! So why did it take so long? Tiny, tiny needles and me having a […]

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