OK. It may not look like much to you, but to me? It’s like Everest scaled! I’ve tried so many times over the years and got nowhere near as far as this. Mood=Pleased Mostly double crochet but one row of half treble added… not very well, I hasten to add. I know the tension is …
Author archives: woolgatherer
I need to knit
I’m missing my needles. I hope pup settles down soon and allows me time to knit. I’ve been hankering after some Yarn Yard yarn tonight and I really want to clear my stash a bit soon… I love to knit. It soothes me and makes me happy. I miss it. I gave my Cat’s Paw …
Spinning day
Spinning day today and I feel that I really don’t want to go. Socialising feels like too much effort right now. In fact, everything feels like too much effort at present – I think I must need to up my medication. I’m hoping to get sufficient of the BFL spun up today to allow me to …
Felt daft…
Gah! I don’t know what got in to me today but I found myself deeply embroiled in housework[1]. I’ve scrubbed and tidied and generally worn myself out. The master plan appeared to be to bottom the utility room (yet again) in order to facilitate some felt-making, though I can’t honestly say that I consciously thought …
Still ticking…
…but only just. There is not much of anything happening around here at present. The puppy is proving a little more challenging than we would wish and requires constant watching while she is awake. That, and an attack of the shingles, means that I have done no knitting and precious little spinning in recent weeks. …
Ticking over
I am still here. There just isn’t much happening right now in my little world of fibre. Life is consumed by puppy duty, and the interminable feed/toilet/train schedule. It should all be worth it in the end and we should ultimately have a civilised little companion, not drawn to munching my stray skeins at every opportunity. …