Cat Subdues Yarn and a Dumb Blunder
I’m still slogging away at the Flower Blanket! …and I have discovered Blanket Rule No.6… Sixth rule: Tired Sleepy Knitter + Intarsia = Tears I tried to press on one evening, when very tired, and finish one of the flowers. Once you’re past the centre it’s relatively easy – just the column of single stitches […]
Boring Commuting Socks
With a blog post title like that I’m amazed you’d want to read this!! I finished yet another plain of boring plain socks on my daily commute this week… Here they are…. Thrilling huh? Even Thug wasn’t too impressed. The yarn was actually rather fun – Kaffe Fasset Regia Design Line – the colour changes […]
Avoidance, Procrastination and Excuses
I’ve not done a lot of knitting in the last week or two. I have an excuse (this is where I need a note from my Mum)… ..I have STILL been sick with this cold/flu type virus thingy. I’ll spare you the gory details but suffice it to say, after two months of all the […]
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 […]
What Knitters with Stash, Fear Most
When I started my second Hedera Sock. I was irritated to find 4 or 5 points in the yarn where it appeared that one strand of the two had broken – lots of joins at the start of the sock 🙁 I dismissed it as a manufacturing problem. Then when working on Emily, I had […]
Cats Squabble Over Completed Haven!
I’ve had problems with the cats and Haven. It’s finished but there have been squabbles! Firstly, Mewsley has been rather jealous of all the attention Thug has been getting. She decided that SHE was going to do the snugglablity testing for Haven. After much pawing (and a little drooling) she decided that it was soft […]
More of Pooh
Frappe is storming along… I’m whizzing up the last sleeve today. Unfortunately there’s nothing interesting or exciting to tell or show you about it – quick, easy, looks good so far. So in the absence of exciting knitting news, want to see my latest embellished Poohs? (For anyone confused by that question see my post […]
One Skein Giotto Top – almost….
So. What do you do with one skein of stunningly lovely Giotto? I had found a pattern that called for one skein for my size. Unfortunately I think Colinette got a model who’d taken a few too many Valium… It’s from this Colinette book, called Westcountry It’s a simple variation on a ripple stitch – […]
Descent into Fuzzy Blackness
After my Ebay Boo Boo, I thought I should really give the Kid Soft a whirl. After all, it’s a Rowan yarn I’d never heard of, let alone knit with. It would be educational…. After some research, I found that there’s only two publications for Kid Soft. The Kid Soft Booklet and a “concertina card” […]
It looks lovely, and ♥️ seeing your 2009 self 😁!
WOW!! It looks s beautiful. I took don't knit shawls because I never wear them. Yours would be beautiful as…
Absolutely GORGEOUS ! x
Well done Susan, it's fabulous 😍😍
Wow, love, love, love it. I am a shawl person and have a few favourites that I take on holiday…