Finished items! These are socks from Silk Road Socks. I had planned to knit my way through the entire book, one design per month and one after another. I have just completed my July 2011 socks, so I am a very long way behind. I will however get there in the end! The sooner, the …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
I know what your game is
Oh, Monday – what is it with you? I am coming to realise that you are simply peevish. I should have realised last night, when I did the bins and put the rubbish out in order to get a head start on my week, that you would be observing. I really ought to have expected …
In the mail
I hoped earlier that my Lakeland parcel might have come – there’s a flan tin in there that I would have liked to use today. The parcel did not arrive with postie – perhaps it will come with courier deliveries later. But there was a delightful surprise in the mail anyway. I made a purchase …
Plugging away
I am trying to keep off the computer as much as possible – having overdone it recently, and with an eye to how much work there is to be done soon. It is causing much hurty hurty – the only sensible course of action is rest. Forgive me if absences are lengthy. Work progresses! The …
Is it quiet?
Am I being quiet? I’m not sure – I have quite lost track of when I last posted. I’m up to my ears in site creation over at Sanday Spinners and it is occupying every waking hour. There’s little knitting being done, and absolutely no spinning. The workroom is much improved, but there is a …
February is lurking, time for a reality check
I had pause for thought this morning. 2012 was to be the year of the Big Spin. Here it is, almost February and I have not spun an inch this year. I am trying to empty my workroom to make room to run a business and house stock but I STILL have 8 fleeces stacked …
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