It seems apt that when I woke this morning I found an email alert awaiting me – the first of Romi’s Muse shawls is ready for downloading and testing. Now I must decide whether I am in on this one, or not. I have the yarn selected and can envision the finished Muse – but …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
The Dairy Fiend
Treacle is taking things easy today – he had a busy night. Regular readers will know of Treacle’s dairy disposition. I have oft mentioned his ability to sniff out the opening of a dairy product from one end of our rambling house to the other. I wrote a Haiku of sorts about this tendency when …
FO: Flambé Shawl, Fire stone and water
I wish I could recall why this shawl received this name. I am sure it would make for interesting telling. Pattern: Flambé One Skein Shawl by Michelle Miller — $6 Yarn: Machair 400 in Making Mischief by The Yarn Yard : Fingering /4 ply 70% Alpaca, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere, 437 yards per 100g £16.50 …
Dabbling: daubs and dots
Hello. It’s FO Friday and, with a fair wind following, we may see some FO posting later today. Photographs are the challenge at the moment – or rather, space and light in which to take them. I’m brewing up a vegetable broth for lunch, then I plan to tackle some of the mayhem in my …
Blue Funk (and rose tinted expectations)
A nice man came to purchase the YoYo scarf on Saturday. He scared the willies out of me by saying that the Annual Show was this coming weekend. Thankfully, it is not – it is the week after, as I had believed. The thing is… it made me realise that “under two weeks away” does …
Show and Tell is rather overdue
A veritable shopping spree…