This week’s excess: Butternut Scarf by Anne Hanson at Knitspot. I am knitting this from one of the colours in the mixed ends of Merino/Silk/Cashmere that I bought a while back. [Ravelry Project] It is a very difficult colour to capture – somewhere between a deep coral and a dark rose pink, depending on the [...]
I really am very, very tired indeed. Just ready to slump but unfortunately I have a meeting to go to tonight. I shall need matchsticks to keep my eyes open… I almost got up at 4am. I almost got up at 5am. I seem to have nodded off at around 6am, but had to take [...]
I filled another bobbin of erratic singles today. That makes three. Perhaps another two to go. I knitted just a few rows on Mr L’s socks, and a few more on my Morning Surf project. Since I came home from spinning I have been trying to make some sense of the craft room which has [...]
Blink seems to be steadfastly resisting the halfway point and I seem to be spending more time going backwards than I am spending going towards my goal. This scarf is turning out to be anything but the quick knit that I intended it to be. I don’t know what it is – because it is [...]
Spin! Beth I think that it has to be done, don’t you?
I have a migraine brewing today so didn’t fully enjoy my not-spinning (I took the knitting). Highlights were the Sephardic Cake, meeting F’s two new rams, and my bravely greeting Barnaby (even though he showed me his teeth.) Barnaby is a pony, BTW, and belongs to SpinningGill. Or maybe he’s not a phony but a [...]
My Hypotenuse scarf/wrap thing (Pythagoras) is now suffering a light blocking. It was fun/easy/quick to block due to its geometric pattern – there are lots of straight lines to measure and straighten. Of course, with my lack of blocking skills, and the lack of a set of wires, it’s anything but straight in fact. But [...]
I resisted the temptation to cast on for Blink without washing my skeins – and they are currently drying on the line. Much more colour washed out of these skeins than I had anticipated. I can’t help but wonder if the colour will be significantly changed. I have run out of Eucalan and couldn’t find [...]
a book – Papermaking and Bookbinding: Coastal Inspirations by Joanne B Kaar who lives over the Pentland Firth from me. This book is both more and less than I had hoped/expected – but very inspirational and extremely useful and I am now fired up to do something other than knitting A circular knitting needle size [...]
The basket of cone ends, all finished off. Merino/Silk/Cashmere in a 70/20/10 blend; 2/28NM laceweight. An array of neutral shades, collected with red tones and an apricot shade. A real treasure trove. There are two 300g collections here and each cost circa £11. The yarn will go a very long way, even if knitted double [...]
