I would love to give this a home Sadly, (or fortunately, given the state of my finances) they won’t ship outside the US of A. *sigh* knocks my jam-jar-with-a-pierced-lid into a cocked hat, doesn’t it?
Author archives: woolgatherer
Aurora and Firestarter
There is not much progress being made on the Aurora scarf just now, due mainly to other priorities and to resting my sore arm. I just wanted to make a quick note to the effect that it was so worth tackling this little project. Why? Because the wrap and turn technique is so clearly explained! …
The BFL
I haven’t counted it all but I have 5 skeins plus a baby one. My final skein weighs 66gms and yielded 324 yards. I have 322 gms total. Rough calculation, assuming the spinning is consistent (ha ha!)… erm, 1,500 to 1,600 yards. I haven’t sampled WPI measurements (yet) Well, I’m impressed anyway! WHAT can I …
Knitting on the bandwagon
I ponder now and again the knitting bandwagon. It surprises me how often I pick out a pattern and discover via Ravelry that it is one of the “must knit” patterns. I have seen scathing comments about these projects – the most significant example being the Clapotis. I see statements such as “I haven’t knit …
I’ll get there, one day
Much pain in my shoulder over the last week – so my self-imposed BFL deadline was not met. I did spin today, and the end is in sight. I really want to get there soon. While resting my arm I have been making silk paper. Details over at Fairhand and I’ll be adding updates as …
Tit for Tat
I elected to try the Field of Daisies tatting last night. I would up my shuttle, created my first ring, and realised I didn’t know how to join the next part on. The pattern says to do the join, where to do the join, but not how to do the join. And then I noticed …