Posts Tagged ‘ sock ’

Sometimes I surprise myself

Mar 14th, 2010 | By woolgatherer | Category: Woolgathering

Thorfinn is a sock recipe that I conjured up for myself. It was intended as ferry knitting and has been on the needles for a very long time indeed. It went to town a couple of times, but not very often.

I grafted the toe just on the stroke of midnight. Now all I have to do is to knit the second one and I’ll have one more ball of wool for the blankie…



Stranger than fiction

Mar 4th, 2010 | By wool gatherer | Category: Knit

The Sock and I decided that life is too short to spend hours confined on a ferry and in killing time kicking heels around in town. We stayed home and did a little mutual growth exercise instead…



Catching up

Apr 8th, 2009 | By wool gatherer | Category: Woolgathering

Spinning Spinning was Chez Woolgatherer today. We had the Moist Chocolate Cake and some (not)Mars Bar Crispies for the gluten-free choice. I managed to spin quite a decent amount of my roving before my hand cramped up, and I was pleased with that. There will be something to ply soon!  I also did a show [...]



Stash upgrade

Feb 7th, 2009 | By wool gatherer | Category: Yarn Stash

I have sinned and fallen off the stash wagon in a big, big way. Here’s some sock sinning to drool over…



Dream in Colo(u)r

Jan 14th, 2009 | By wool gatherer | Category: Yarn Stash

New stash from Socktopus.

“Scrummy yarn. All I wanted/needed really was the Eucalan that came with it today. I just kind of slipped off the margins of the wagon…”