Why the heck would anyone be wanting to search for “mr plumbum” ? Leave him alone. He’s my mr plumbum and you can’t have him! :-p Stats are fascinating, are they not? This is a regular search string: “span spun spinned” I looked it up once. Given the number of hits on this blog for …
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Slip Slidin’ Away
You know, there is no way that this yarn is going to last out. However, I knit on… with misplaced optimism and a healthy dose of knitterly denial. Heel turned, gusset picked up (poorly) Home straight in sight. Dreading the second (half) sock and the moment of truth. It was such a gorgeous morning …
Big hats aren’t so bad on large heads…
I just tried on the blocked Fountain Hat and, you know, I think it may not be so very large at all. It really does not suit me – though it is difficult to tell with my hair in the mess that it is currently in… I’ll let you know after Mr L gets around …
Impetus
I knitted on through the REM live gig on R2 last night and am now into the third pattern rep (just) The funny thing is that I am still not disenchanted. I actually want to make progress rather than give up. I have decided that the important thing with these socks will be to keep …
Quick stepping
While I couldn’t exactly call this The Sock From Hell, I can already tell that this will be no love affair ‘twixt it and I. I also could not call this tedium per se, but the sheer slowness of progress is set to drive me barmy. I am only up to R11 of the second …
Slow, slow, slip, slip, slow
Latest project: Slippery Socks in Stroud Socrates (Arizona) from Violet Green. The yarn is fantastic and I have been saving it for the right project. Slippery Socks seem to fit the bill. I cast on last night, still rejecting Mr plumbum’s socks on a “poor light stopped play” basis. Hah! So what do I do? …