Disaster!

A tale of woe regarding an expensive and now apparently ill-advised purchase of hardwood DPNs:

“I heard something.

A tiny something.

A tiny but unmistakable something.

I heard…

…a snap!

I looked down and there, in my left hand, dangled two severed ends of my very expensive and much-loved DPN… “

Island Living…

Thai curry for tea and a neauty parlour in my own bathroom…

News of knititng, and of work to come.

Spinning Day

Spinning day at my house. Tales of cake, of knitting, of crochet and of changing plans regarding WIPs.

Very little inthe way of spinning.

None. Actually.

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.

Simply Splendid

“One of the things that I love about living by the sea is the way that the view is a new one every day. The tide comes and goes, and the birds and seals come and go with the state of the tide too. The colour of the sea is ever-changing under the volatile sky, and it’s very nature changes with the phase of the moon and the force and direction of the wind. All weekend we had a dark and stormy sea, with large waves and spray breaking over the road and into the garden. Today is as calm and still as it ever could be. It’s cold today – frosty in fact – and sunny. I had a splendid cycle ride to spinning…”