Author archives: woolgatherer
Nice surprise
My clients arrived with a large local caught trout and a bottle of wine, plus a request that I submit an account. Very flatteringly, they informed me that they get better value from the site that I wrote for them than they do from their paid advertising – so they want to put their budget …
All behind
Those slippers knit up mighty fast. I took them to bed last night and by the time we put the light out I had just the one round left to go. I discussed with Mr L my love of the engineering side of knitting, I laid the toe out to be admired by the pair …
Socktoberfest
This is really by way of a Note To Self post – just thinking that Socktoberfest could perhaps provide the impetus to try making a pair of socks using the Magic Loop method. No promises. Just a maybe. I really must go stash diving tomorrow and draw up a plan.
Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend
If I could only knit with one yarn for the rest of my life, this Silk Blend from Manos del Uruguay would be it. It’s wonderful. It feels great, it knits up with great good humour, and the colours are to die for. They just glow. What is more, knitting with the one yarn for …
It’s all gone horribly wrong
Just about everything that could go wrong today did so, and now I feel completely frazzled. The gingerbread was good. The coconut macaroons were quite nice. The èclairs were an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. The bread was terrible too. Nell ran off and was found chasing a car down the road. Thankfully the …