We may be on a roll – I grafted the toes of my sock at spinning group this morning. I was torn between letting the impetus carry me forward, and casting on the second sock, or shifting some of that red and grey merino/mohair. The spinning won. We admired F’s refurbished loom, and I …
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Long live the sock
You can say what you like about plain socks: they are fast, non-taxing, have a certain aesthetic appeal – certainly. I’ll not deny that… but, they sure are boring! All the same, as today sees Return Of The Migraine, plain socks are about all that I can aspire to. I’m calling this one Simply Arizona, …
Decision Point
The Petra-fied Hand Warmers are up to the decision point. Short fingers, or no fingers? I am leaning towards adding the fingers, just to see what it is like (never having done any kind of glove before). I asked Mr L last night, he thinks fingers too. So, I put my knitting away and read …
A solution
A holding solution has been determined for the Curtain Problem. I recalled that we had two natural cotton curtains that we had acquired at Glenlivet. They are pretty rammy things but will provide an interim trim for the bare window. More dye will be purchased and I’ll dye these white things and hang them up. …
I cannot believe that I did this…
I need to unsub from Natalie’s blog and the Yarn Yard mailing list. I just cannot afford the temptation. Newly arrived roving and sock yarn, with half an eye on the PS3 Water theme. Tell you what – why don’t you, dear reader, go buy up everything that Natalie has for sale and thereby save …
Now you see it…
Now, you don’t It’s quickstepped itself all the way to the frog pond and, O, how that hurt! It had to be done. It was never going to fit. Having admitted that to myself I had to go about it like ripping a plaster off and thus I frogged the sock before breakfast. Rest In …