Flogging a Dead Shawl

A long tale of woe and stupidity, concerning the ill-fated Rainbow Swallowtail project. Amazingly, no profanity! Definitely more than a hint of tears…

Quicknitroundup wk 03/09

Summary post: progress against the hit list and new targets for the coming weeks.

A couple of FOs

Three finished objects in one post!

“It seems like forever since I began the Baby Surprise Jacket. I had just heard that a friend and former colleague and his wife were to have a baby. Baby was due December 16th, but I couldn’t resist casting on immediately. I got most of the jacket done in a day, knitted a bit more the day after… then it languished – for reasons I am now uncertain about.

The project took a kick in the pants when N e-mailed me this week …”

Dream in Colo(u)r

New stash from Socktopus.

“Scrummy yarn. All I wanted/needed really was the Eucalan that came with it today. I just kind of slipped off the margins of the wagon…”

Stash Addition, Hug: Crocus

December’s solid club yarn from The Yarn Yard has arrived, bringing a little whiff of Spring with it…

The Yarn Yard: Toddy

Toddy, from The Yarn Yard. A sock yarn review.

Toddy – the perfect pick-me-up! Toddy is 75% merino for softness and cossetting and a cuddle when you need it, and 25% nylon for strength.