Sky and Water is off the needles. The last repeat and a half was hard going – my hands just didn’t seem to want to play today. ready to block now. I may do that later this evening, but more likely some time tomorrow. As a matter of discipline, I did pick up the Cash …
Monthly archives: July 2008
Blocking wires
I am after some blocking wires. They seem as rare as hen’s teeth, especially in the UK. The one company that I can find that sells them, charge twice the price of those in the USA. Of course, Knitpicks discriminate against non-US or Canadian customers. They won’t sell to us. We aren’t good enough for …
Target failure
It is becoming clear that the Alhambra scarf will not be finished today. I have 14.5 repeats done, and the thing is therefore 85% complete, assuming I do not decide to lengthen it. It really is going slowly now. This may have something to do with the fact that I took three breaks from it …
Boredom threshold achieved
Sometimes I marvel at my immaturity. Can I really be bored with this project already? Perhaps it is just because I am over tired but, whatever it is, I want this scarf finished now and to move on to something else. It seems to be moving really slowly all of a sudden. 11.5 pattern repeats …
Snap!
I am at the 55% mark on the Sky and Water and have come to a knot in the yarn. That seems as good a place as any to snap the yarn off and go wind the cone into balls. So that is what I am going to do. It’s beginning to look much more …
Spinning Day
1 ) in the mail – my “copper” thread eBay purchase. It was posted from India on the 27th June and arrived here today. Wow! Best of all, the lovely stamps included one with an Asian Leopard Cat on and it looks just like my Lulu and/or Teddy – a cross between the two of …