Oh, good heavens, I am knitting Fair Isle! What’s more, I am knitting Fair Isle two-handed. As in: one colour in each hand. I need a lie down. The background can be read here. Having taken it into my head to give this a go, I tried knitting with both colours in one hand. I …
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Old dogs, new tricks
I was about 11 years old when my parents somehow decided that I might be musical. The first that I knew of this was when a Harmonica nestled itself in the bottom of my Christmas pillowcase. It was a mysterious object to me and I never got to grips with it – perhaps I did …
Too busy to blog
Really, it has been so busy around here… but none of the activity really seems bloggable. It’s all a bit vanilla-flavoured on the old Windswept Acre right now. I did have stuff to Show & Tell on Tuesday but lacked the time to get around to it – perhaps we can take a peek next …
Bad Boys
” The Boys are in trouble… sitting on the laptop keyboard is not a recommended activity
Stumbling blocks, hurdles, and red swirling things
I came home from spinning group today with a bad headache and also with an inspiration to crack on and spin myself a sweater’s worth of yarn. I am not sure that sheep come big enough to make me a sweater from a single fleece… but I need 1,280 yards of Aran weight for the …
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Let’s just WIP past that one
The WIP situation is little changed this week. One Icing has replaced the completed one, the HAP shawl edging has made little progress and the socks have made none. My excuse is that not only have I been busy but I have also been resting a sore arm. At least the Hap has turned the …