A Counting Rhyme

Knitty, knitty, busy, busy. UFOs busted, WIP progress.

Focus

A major push on my Cascading Leaves Shawl brought it to three quarters done last night. I am perfectly happy to admit to feeling cheesed off with it now and I have been casting about for some light relief. Then I checked in with William’s blog… and decided to take my lead from him. I …

Looking East

The Big Push on that UFO shawl project has been going very well. From picking it up on Tuesday at 18% done, it is now 75% completed. Maybe. That is if I do not elect to add a few extra repeats. I think this shawl is destined for the bedroom, to pop round my shoulders …

Catching up

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 quite a decent amount of my roving before my hand cramped up, and I was pleased with that. There will be something to ply soon!  I also did a show …

PS4 North FO: Joy without Joy

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.

Feeling my Age

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! This is my first scheduled mammogram. I’ve had one before, when I had a wee scare a few years ago. But this is the first one that tells me that …