Spinning Spinning was Chez Woolgatherer today. We had the Moist Chocolate Cake and some (not)Mars Bar Crispies for the gluten-free choice. I managed to spin…
Month: April 2009
These socks were a fun and speedy knit. Each sock took just two days to knit.
Laeticia – a sock pattern from the Twist Collective, by Stephanie van der Linden. I knitted these for myself from Toddy, my favourite sock yarn from The Yarn Yard.
A Project Spectrum project.
I have an upcoming birthday (19/5). The NHS have sent me an advance birthday present (12/5). Now I know how old I am for certain!…
Completely surprised this evening to find that I have completed my Laeticia socks. Yesterday I picked it up, with just an inch of cuff completed, and put it down again at bed time, with the heel turned. Never for a moment did I believe that I could complete the foot today, but I have! Not only that, but I am making fast inroads into Mr L’s boring socks and am about to fashion a heel flap for the second sock.
So. There I was, just sitting here, Laeticia sock in hands, thinking that I might have bitten off a teensy bit more than I can…
Having identified Mr L’s next sweater pattern, I placed an order with Amazon for the necessary book: Simply Shetland 4: At Tomales Bay. Once that…
Knitters have staying power. Some of us knit projects that feel to us like a marathon effort. I offer up my Laminaria for consideration here…