Month: December 2008

December 22, 2008 /

Socktoberfest 2008 was my first Socktoberfest, but it will not be the last. I found it useful to have a supportive community available to help me through those UFOs.

For my first Socktoberfest I set dual goals. I wanted to learn to knit Magic Loop socks, and I needed to complete at least the Vanilla Mansocks and the Grreen and Grrowllies…

December 21, 2008 / News

Woolgathering has been reorganised to allow easier segregation by topic (Wordpress categories) and is now presented magazine style.

The tabbed interfaced gives access to excerpts of the latest posts in various sections of the site. Additional features may be accessed via the banner menu.

All may seem confusing to begin with.

December 17, 2008 / Living

RAK posts usually get posted over at Fairhand but I am delighted to have discovered a Ravelry group, UK RAKs. And here’s my first parcel, ready to send, It’s an alphabetic organised (therefore not-so-random) activity and I am sending “R” – could you guess? That means that in time I shall receive “Q” – and I am all agog to see how my sender copes with that!

RAK-R-1RAK-R-2

I like a proper parcel – paper, string and sealing wax!