An amazing coincidence today found me blundering in to the website of Grizzly Mountain Arts – the self same people whose wonderful basket and nostepinne set I was wishing for only yesterday! Imagine my horror/delight to find what fabulous tatting shuttles they make! and, O.M.G. … niddy noddies! I need a lottery win, and now! …
Yearly archives: 2008
Lust
I would love to give this a home Sadly, (or fortunately, given the state of my finances) they won’t ship outside the US of A. *sigh* knocks my jam-jar-with-a-pierced-lid into a cocked hat, doesn’t it?
Aurora and Firestarter
There is not much progress being made on the Aurora scarf just now, due mainly to other priorities and to resting my sore arm. I just wanted to make a quick note to the effect that it was so worth tackling this little project. Why? Because the wrap and turn technique is so clearly explained! …
The BFL
I haven’t counted it all but I have 5 skeins plus a baby one. My final skein weighs 66gms and yielded 324 yards. I have 322 gms total. Rough calculation, assuming the spinning is consistent (ha ha!)… erm, 1,500 to 1,600 yards. I haven’t sampled WPI measurements (yet) Well, I’m impressed anyway! WHAT can I …
Knitting on the bandwagon
I ponder now and again the knitting bandwagon. It surprises me how often I pick out a pattern and discover via Ravelry that it is one of the “must knit” patterns. I have seen scathing comments about these projects – the most significant example being the Clapotis. I see statements such as “I haven’t knit …
Unraveled » Blog Archive » Who are Ravelry’s users?
Interesting stats at Ravelry – support my contention (often voiced but unsupported) that there has been a veritable explosion in the field of knitting. Now, if we could only convince all those 21 year olds who took up knitting in the last couple of years that undyed handspun from Orkney is the thing to knit! …
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