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Taking Classes – Getting All Icelandic

Published by on September 14, 2010 | 6 Responses

So, the Kidsilk Haze workshop was a day of playing, experimentation and fluffy indulgence. The following day I was busy because I played in a Netball tournament for a work team – I’ve played once since school and that was last year’s tournament! A huge amount of fun but not much knitting there! Following Netball, […]

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Taking Classes – Cracksilk Haze

Published by on September 12, 2010 | 6 Responses

What a busy week – and most of it knitting related 😀 I have a back-log (back-blog? blog-log?) of blog posts for you – I just need the time to photograph and write them up – this beats struggling to find something interesting to say about purple square no.93! Part of my busy week has […]

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At Last – The Flower Blanket is Done

Published by on September 7, 2010 | 11 Responses

The Flower Blanket is finally finished 😀 I am so relieved. First I must say, “Thanks you” for all the sympathy, empathy and support on my Despair Filled Wailing post – I think I’ve gotten over it now 😉 Before I show you the inevitable “Finished Blankie” pictures, I guess you’d like to know about […]

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Despair Filled Wailing

Published by on September 2, 2010 | 9 Responses

Or perhaps this post should be called, “Stupid, Stupid, Stupid” So here’s how I was reduced to “Despair filled wailing”… I’m onto the last flower of the blanket…. I’m rushing around, grabbing my knitting, ready to go meet the Guilty Knitters for my Sunday morning knit-fest. Quick look at the plan to see what flower […]

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Something That’s Not a Blanket

Published by on August 30, 2010 | 3 Responses

You must be as bored with my “knitted some more blanket squares….” posts as I am trying to finish the damned Flower Blanket. Be assured I’m still slogging over the purple monster 😐 So just by way of some light relief for all of us, I’ve dug out an old, pre blog , never seen […]

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Blankie Dilema – Replanting the Flower Bed

Published by on August 23, 2010 | 5 Responses

So here I am, basking in compliments from my knitterly friends on how the admire my resolve to get back to one WIP at a time. Their encouragement is spurring me on to great feats of blanket square knitting – two whole squares on one train ride to Bristol! I have eagerly completed strip no.9 […]

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Knitgasm…

Published by on August 9, 2010 | 8 Responses

So what am I knitting right now while dreaming up Hetty colourways? I’m still trying to get back to being “one WIP at a time” girl. I hate having half done projects hiding in corners, reproaching me for abandoning them. 😳 So I had the choice of my two remaining WIPS – My see-through sweater […]

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Hetty Colour Experiments

Published by on August 6, 2010 | 6 Responses

I love the new Rowan magazine no.48. This one From Hetty It’s been a really long time since I’ve been excited by the contents of a Rowan mag but this one did it for me. I wasn’t so keen on the first “story” all big chunky yarns – we know from my Big Wool Bonfire […]

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I Like The B-Side Better…

Published by on July 23, 2010 | 7 Responses

I’ve really enjoyed the burst of creativity in making my Conservatory Cushion and I  love the logic bound technique for combining the colours. Fabulous pattern 🙂 Here’s the finished creation… From Double Vision Cushion And in place in the conservatory… From Double Vision Cushion The slightly different gauge yarns I used (all apparently DK weight) […]

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Squeeeealll!! I’m in The Knitter!

Published by on July 19, 2010 | 5 Responses

Gosh! I’m expecting to be mobbed for an autograph and and be asked to open a shopping centre the next time I go out amongst my public…. Why am I deluded into thinking I have achieved such superstar status?? The Guilty Knitters and I have made it to the National Knitting press! This month’s (July […]

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