The recent parcel from World of Wool held within it a 500g bag of Botany Lap Waste – as seen on Wednesday. If you recall, I sorted the colours out into piles that might work together. Yesterday, I dug out my drum carder (thankfully fairly clean) and I carded three greens and a yellow together. …
Monthly archives: April 2011
FO: Mood
Time to start catching up with some FO posts, I think! My second pair of socks from the Silk Road Socks book. Knitted from an unusually heavy yarn, for me. Mood (sometimes spelled Muud or Moud) is a small town in eastern Iran. The town has a long textile history, and rugs from the area …
When relationships break down
Over the last few weeks I have been rediscovering something approaching knitting fidelity. The Great UFO Reduction Plan, coupled with test knitting and KALs resulted in drawing me back to the straight and narrow path of one-project-at-a-time. The one true way, some would say. To be sure, I have enjoyed seeing projects grow rapidly and …
Checking in, catching up, chilling out and calming down
Woke up this morning with the almost inevitable post-Kirkwall headache, so it was a complete downer to open my mailbox and find an upsetting mail message. I have had a day of tears and temper and unpleasant memories. My every instinct tells me to reach out for some clean white wool and to knit some …
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 7 (2KCBWDAY7)
Day seven: 3rd April. Your knitting and crochet time. Write about your typical crafting time. When it is that you are likely to craft – alone or in more social environments, when watching TV or whilst taking bus journeys. What items do you like to surround yourself with whilst you twirl your hook like a …
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 6 (2KCBWDAY6)
Knit Crochet Blog Week Day six: 2nd April. Something to aspire to
Is there a pattern or skill that you don’t yet feel ready to tackle but which you hope to (or think you can only dream of) tackling in the future, near or distant?
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