Oh, dear – The Yarn Harlot has started her Catkin. Now it will go viral, and when I knit mine everybody will think that I am leaping on the passing bandwagon. Ah, well… should have spun faster! I confess, the spinning has not been happening since I acknowledged that it could not be done in …
Monthly archives: August 2011
Works in (slow) progress
I am in town today, if all has gone to plan, so this post was lined up in advance. The Hap shawl is still in production. At one stage I actually believed that it might be finished by Tuesday. Oh, mirth! Cosying up to Mr L at the weekend took away some knitting time, and …
Free Stuff
It is Show and Tell time again. Always a challenge to me, this one – to find something of interest that is other than a WIP or an FO. Today, I struck lucky. A little while back I applied to the British Wool Marketing Board for one of their 100 free felting packs. (Thanks to …
Truly Scrumptious
Tigerlilith/Old Maiden Aunt was destashing yarn in order to help Ysolda destash her boots. I saw this on Twitter, and wondered if there was anything that I might assist her with. There was. And it is Scrumptious. Truly Scrumptious. Fyberspates Scrumptious Lace It arrived last Wednesday and I am thrilled with it, as I have …
Is it Monday?
It has been a funny old weekend. The predicted poor weather hit us eventually, though later than expected. It was good to have an excuse to light a fire and to dine by the fireside. Pud turned out very well indeed –Â I had made the brown sugar meringues to go with the fruit and …
Count
We had a poll the other day, regarding the hypothetical *cough* case with a Hap shawl. The results are in I cannot believe that there were 3 votes for a hissy fit! 🙂 (I tinked back, as it happens)