A ludicrously late night last night saw us squeezing our one puzzle solution of the day in under the 3am bar, by just five minutes, for a maximum five points. We didn’t even have time to look at the other three of yesterday’s puzzles. Feeling very dull today as a consequence and taking tings very …
Author archives: woolgatherer
Slump
Excuse me while I have a little slump. Yours truly is pretty well fatigued right now. A day’s shopping on the mainland is always fatiguing, but fitting in a hospital trip as well just makes it one mad dash. So much of a dash that I didn’t even have chance to go buy knitting needles …
Progress…
I thought it time I exhibited evidence that the Grreen ‘n Grrowlly socks are making progress, albeit slowly. They are a fine-looking sock. Can you see the difference in tension from the ankle down? Not good. Come hell or high water, I intend to finish these under PS3 Earth. Oh, I CO another project today. …
Stunned Silence
Oh, just wait and see what I have to post about. Just wait… (it may be a while – I have photos to resize and optimise and a trip to hospital to fit in) In the meantime, can anyone help me do an Eastern Cast On for toe-up socks, on DPNs, please? I’m casting these …
Toning sock yarn
I want to knit these socks some time soon. I need two skeins of sock yarn, on the heavy side – the pattern asks for Socks That Fit sock yarn (100% wool) 350 yds/320 m per 100 g/3.5 oz. Natalie’s Merino yarn, Hug, looks about spot on, if I ever manage to score some before …
A little bit of froth
Shhh, don’t tell, but I have cast on a new project. I don’t know if it has any legs, we shall have to see. I just felt in need of something a little different and I wanted to see another skein from the stash in use. I’m having a go at this And I am …