As promised, the dogs have been repaid for yesterday’s patience and we have all been out in the bay. This is how Orkney was looking this morning Nell had much fun. She ran and she ran and she ran. Her recall is much improved and we successfully stopped her from chasing birds. The garlic sausage …
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Slump
Home again. Pooped. Got back around 18:20 hrs, shopping all put away by 19:20 hours – and somehow we managed to squeeze everything in to our various fridges and freezers. It was a tight fit though. We spent a terrifying amount of money today. Not surprising, once we realised that our last big shop was …
Blue ribbon sailing
I know that I should be taking my Thorfinn socks with me, but I am on the boat today and am taking the Lace Ribbon Scarf to knit. It’s fun, fast, easy – and I am really enjoying knitting it. Intended as an occasional antidote to the beastly Firestarter socks, it is fast becoming my …
The little miracle called blocking
I tried another photo session today. I wanted to get decent snaps of my felt, and also a FO shot of the Noro Hat – plus a quick snap of a newly cast on project. I was surprised (why? I shouldn’t have been) when I picked up the Noro Hat (should I call it a …
Goodies
My Clover felting tool and mat have arrived. I have to read the instructions fully yet but a cursory glance tells me that the tool will overcome my present difficulties in attaching small embellishments – the wooden tool that I was given has very widely-spaced needles; the Clover tool needles are much closer together. This …
My first needle felt
It’s too gloomy to take photographs, so I thought I’d scan these. Incorrect decision. I’ll take photos another time. Keeping with the PS3 “Fire” theme, and deploying Torch Island and Inferno rovings as wells as combed merino tops that have been lying around the house for 18 months now… Can you tell what it …