This is terrible: two show-and-tells in a row that involve shopping and spending money. I’ll be shot at dawn if the old man finds out…
Is it OK to shop if it is bargain-based? I think that it might be 
Colourmart posted some eBay cone end sets last week and I thought that they looked like really good weaving practice yarns…
Shopping, boats, food, photos. Delve in for more , as we go Continental.
Lovely mail today and the outcome of two bouts of inappropriate shopping. Why inappropriate? Because every penny that I have is committed to the loom that should be arriving any day now. As enny fule no… the only sensible thing to do when purchasing serious kit is to get the best one can possibly afford. [...]
My dearly beloved has given me a birthday card today. I think that is the first time in ten years that he has bought me a birthday card. He’s also taking me out to dinner this evening! I am reeling from this unexpected attention. It’s O.K. though, he hasn’t bought me a present – so [...]
I have some loot to share with you. First of all, Cookie A’s Sock Innovation was finally delivered by Amazon. Proof? Photographic evidence. It exists. Mine, all mine… The yarn is from The Yarn Yard, and is Caber. It is the one that I want to use first but it is considerably lighter (at 450m [...]
For some time now I have been itching to tackle a more substantial knitting project. I am minded to do the kind of knitting that goes on for a while – not in the sense that it languishes in the workbasket, but more in the vein of a large-scale and challenging project. This is the main reason that I have been working to clear my basket out. I want to knit something that requires living with it for a while. I had at first imagined that this would be an intricate large laceweight shawl…
…anyway, I have been shopping!
Thai curry for tea and a neauty parlour in my own bathroom…
News of knititng, and of work to come.
“We arrived in Kirkwall to find it far colder than Sanday had been when we left. There was some low cloud and mist that brought with it the kind of chill that instantly seeps into one’s bones and saps all energy.
We coped with the chill by heading for a good breakfast…”
Photo-rich post about a day at the shops
