Sock Yarn Bargain
I’ve done very well in Hobbycraft again! Ben wanted to go to Hobbycraft to buy a big cutting mat top use as a surface protector and cutting mat on his desk in his man cave. This is where Ben constructs and paints all his models… Of course, I was happy to to tag along for […]
Introducing Purcey
I would like to introduce the newest member of our family. His name is Purcey….because he Purrs! We’ve had him since last Saturday but first visited and “chose” him 6 weeks ago – it’s been agony keeping him secret (just in case anything went wrong). Dad was a Ragdoll and Mum was a Ragdoll/Maine Coon […]
Surprising Reactions…
I was a little worried how the world would react to my “film debut” – Thank you so much for the positive reaction- I am rather relieved 😀 I shared the film with a few of the chaps at work too – they were also positive (I chose my audience though!!) Broadly, there have been […]
Knitterly Kickstarter
Thank you for all your lovely messages about the video – I’ll post properly in response at the weekend when I have more time 🙂 But in the mean time … As I seem to have a thing for home furnishings that “look like knitting” – I wanted to quickly show you a lovely looking […]
Alright Mr De-Mille, I’m Ready for My Close Up Now
Who would have thought that my knitting could lead to me becoming a film star! OK, that’s overstating it slightly 😉 So here’s what happened… I was contacted by an independent filmmaker, via his wife on Ravelry. Sergey explained he wanted to make a short documentary about knitting to expand his portfolio and wondered if I’d […]
Fallen off the Cracksilk Wagon
I’ve fallen off the wagon in a big way – The lure of Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze was too much for me to resist. My long struggle with Cracksilk Haze addiction has been well documented on this blog: KSH Shame – Where I found I had nearly all the yarn for the Earthstripe wrap in stash. […]
Agile Knitting
Behold! I have discovered that I am an Agile Knitter!! Knitting while performing aerobics? Standing on one leg while performing impossible feats of fairisle dexterity? Urm, no… Let me start at the beginning, at work – I don’t normally talk about work because it is “work” and this is a knitting blog and what I do for a […]
Not Sure If These Count As “Successes”
Do you remember the string Whale cat toys I made for Ziggy and Kitty ? These little beasties…. From Kitty & Ziggy A friend of ours has a new kitten and I thought I’d make a little whale toy as a gift for the kitten. Ben saw my “gift Whale” and said, “that’s nicer than the […]
An Unexpected Scarf
I quite often have people asking me to knit for them. There are some “interesting” ways my skills are requested – ranging from the polite and flattering, “I know you’re really busy but you’re such a wonderful knitter could you please make me a “Knitted thing of immense size and complexity in ugly yarn?” To […]
6th Blogiversay
Wow – 6 years of blogging – I must be mad, or I just don’t know how to stop 😉 Or it has been rather rewarding and you lovely readers have kept me going – thanks for keeping on visiting 😀 So as is my Blogiversary tradition, I’ll give you my summary of 2012… …And […]
I would have, but I was terrified it was full of moth lavae. It went straight in the dustbin!
Its a real shame about your tumbling blocks cushion. The rest of it is still so pretty I'd be tempted…
The fronts look just fabulous, and the back calculations and planning are quite genius!
I am in awe of your skills Susan. Looking forward to seeing the finished mistresspiece. x
Oh my goodness!! What am amazing job on creating your own back design. I still haven't tried a steek yet…