Northern Neighbour

The Crofter’s Cowl is washed and photographed (as best I could, in current light conditions). It is soft and snuggly and so much more practical than a scarf.

The Malabrigo yarn may be my second favourite yarn ever.

Please don’t examine the grafting too closely…

Green of the Day 18 March 2009

Crocosmia, forcing its way through the winter detritus in my garden.

Sweater Study

Green of the Day 17 March 2009

St Patrick’s Day. It had to be done, didn’t it? This is a sweater that I love. I didn’t knit it myself. It is in fact my first-ever eBay purchase – as in, the first one I ever bought on my own account (Mr L was buying for us both before that). I looked at …

Green of the Day 16 March 2009

I cast on for the Laminaria again. I changed the stitch markers as I had been finding the previous set a little fiddly to deal with. I just noticed that one of the new markers is the same shade as my yarn… …and the other one isn’t. A great opportunity to play with photographic depth …

This Week

This week in priority order: Get the book to the printer Capture photographic evidence of the breeding pair of Hen Harriers in the back garden Make progress on the man sweater Do some spinning Get the Laminaria back to the point I frogged it from I may seem distracted for the remainder of the week… …