I have some loot to share with you. First of all, Cookie A’s Sock Innovation was finally delivered by Amazon. Proof? Photographic evidence. It exists. Mine, all mine… The yarn is from The Yarn Yard, and is Caber. It is the one that I want to use first but it is considerably lighter (at 450m …
Yearly archives: 2009
Gone
Mr L set off on his travels yesterday. Reluctantly. It must be almost four years since he last went in to the office. Which means it has been that long since I had to iron a shirt for him. I actually had no idea whether I still had an ironing board, or if we had …
Catching up, but slowly
Things have been a bit hectic. Brief summary follows. Expanded notes, as appropriate, to come… I did go to town last Wednesday. Most of the shops that I wanted to go to were shut. I therefore failed to obtain new needles for the man sweater and it is not yet started. Needles coming, via eBay. …
FO: Girasole Shawl
My first circular shawl. This was intended to be a practice run, in preparation for a blanket-sized version later.
This pattern is very simple to knit and suitable for the relatively novice lace knitter. The beauty of the piece arises from its geometry and simplicity.
Wednesday High Life
No spinning for me today, I have to go to town. Just dashing there and back again on the afternoon boat (thank the $deity for the summer timetable!) for some essentials. Consequently am full of busy, tearing about to get ready. Frantic state not helped by constantly dashing in and out of doors with a …
PS4 Stash Assessment
There is a cornucopia of riches awaiting my East efforts in my stash basket, given my focus on spice shades as well as Yellow. We have rovings to spin and yarns to knit, and some yarns that I have earmarked for weaving too.