Come and join in

If you are reading this, the chances are that you are interested in fibre in some form or other. Perhaps you are a knitter or crocheter. Maybe you have a blog of your own. Well, why not join in with the 2nd Knitting and Crochet Blog Week? If you don’t already have a blog, why …

Poets day

Yes, it is Friday. Yes, I have a finished object. No, I do not have a post about it. Sorry – I have been busy over the way, updating the Sanday Spinners site (don’t go look, as I haven’t pressed the Publish button yet.) In the process I broke my new card reader and now …

Wipping, wipping, wipping

Things to see! 1 – Mood Socks in progress, 50% done – which means one whole sock to see. I’m pleased with this and looking forward to having a pair done but I have something else that I need to be doing for the next few days. 2 – One Ruffled Shawl, a WIP in …

The “O” thing gives me the needle

Something to show today, something to tell. Look what I got! Mr L was buying a cabinet of small drawers for his railway layout bits and pieces and I remarked that I had been looking for something similar for my workroom. We found a set that we both thought would be useful and where buying …

In the Mood

A triumphant final sprint saw the Ruffled Fichu completed late yesterday, and one more tick against the UFO list. Hurrah! I immediately went in search of yarn with which to make my next Silk Road Socks – Mood. I chose Nyoni in Sea Spray. Unfortunately it turned out to be a tangled skein and I …

FO: Gördes Socks

The Gördes Socks are my first knit from the Silk Road Socks book by Hunter Hammersen. Gördes is definitely my favourite sock in the book, so I was delighted to find that it was one of the first two designs nominated for the KAL that goes with the book. I don’t yet have any good …