An admission of knitty “castonitis” guilt, plus a round-up of February progress and plans for March and PS4.
Monthly archives: February 2009
Gorgeous fibre
I must not succumb. I cannot, and will not. But, oh my… don’t you just want to get your hands on this? I know that I do! Look at all that buttery, treacly, humbuggy glowing colour! $12 for 4oz. 2 in stock at the time of writing. Currently in the shop as well, are a …
In the mail today…
In the mail today, the return half of a stash swap that I made recently. The remaining rainbow Kauni has been replaced by two skeins of Malabrigo Worsted – and two more Amanda hats will be forthcoming. Amanda may be my favourite hat ever and I may never see reason to knit any other hat …
WOW!
Are these not totally wonderful? Wollmeise: Von Wahrsagern, der weißen Büffelfrau, Fortune Cookies und wirbelnden Teeblättern……. I don’t know that I would ever wear them, but I so want to knit them, and maybe give them away – and I love the idea of wearing two different colours! Those red ones are fab. I’d like …
Quietly working, or not
Busy, busy busy:
opera, RAKs, meetings, dogs, and shopping…
A Bigger, Redder, Butternuttier FO
A themed RAK on Ravelry’s UK RAK group gave me an opportunity to make two test drives in one pass. I wanted to test out some chunky yarn that I had from eBay and I also wanted to see what an unblocked chunky Butternut Scarf would emerge like. The theme was “red,” the recipient enjoys dark reds, the yarn that I had was a rich deep dark red – it had to be done!