There are lights beginning to show at the end of the Blink tunnel. Eight repeats completed and the first skein is close to its end. I shall need to crack on, as the yarn for my slippers arrived this morning and is beckoning to me. I need to go look for some suede or leather …
Author archives: woolgatherer
Sitting in the Board
Blimey. I got votes. I wasn’t expecting that. I’m a Company Director! and there was me thinking I was just there to do the teas 😉 I think I need a stiff drink and a little bit of calming knittery. Interesting presentation at the AGM tonight, about Branding. I wonder what, exactly, Sanday The Brand …
About blinking time
50% done. Hurrah! (nominally, at least – because I shall be knitting until the yarn runs out) Pretty though, isn’t it? Onward!
Socktoberfest
I’ve committed to Socktoberfest. I needed to. We need socks, what with the price of domestic fuel heating oil an’ all… and I also have an ever-increasing stash of sock yarn that needs addressing. So, I shall be banning the interesting stuff for a while and putting away the lace for a little sleep. For …
I take it all back!
I take back everything I ever said about crochet. I need to learn sufficient crochet to make a Hobbit Hat! Flicking through my new books, I found this amazing free-form crocheted hat in Intertwined. It’s wonderful. I need to add it to my stock of Mad Old Bat hats without delay. So, I need to …
Phew!
Well, I survived my patchwork class. I even came out of it without tears (there were just the two swear words uttered) and I brought home two squares stitched from a pair of triangles each. We got homework!!!!! I was wiped out after class. I haven’t felt like that since I was learning Calligraphy many …