EDIT: Ignore all that follows, unless you have been affected in the last 24 hours and want to know why… Sod’s Law just came into effect and the feed has magically repaired itself overnight. Probably something to do with the database upgrade that last night’s WP update required of me. Sigh A few weeks ago …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Things change
Remember this? The fleece stack non-organisation pile, behind the bar billiard table? Not there any longer! The fleeces are now sorted and labelled in cardboard boxes and neatly stacked beneath the work table in my craft room. Hurrah! Now all that I have to do is to get some spun. I have fleeces labelled 2006… …
FO: Afshari socks
Hello, it’s Friday. Shall we have an FO post? I know I am miles behind but, you know, busy, busy, busy… This is my third pair of socks from the Silk Road Socks book – and these are named Afshari. I cast them on for the April/May round of the KAL and knitted them in …
Whoops
I was reminded this morning that the blog has been looking moribund. I’m still here! Just busy. The busy-ness will continue for a while yet. I will try to be good and check in from time to time. Currently knitting Nain socks from the Silk Road Socks book – but slowly. Not much knitting being …
Going Batty (or “Oh, You Are a Card…”)
The recent parcel from World of Wool held within it a 500g bag of Botany Lap Waste – as seen on Wednesday. If you recall, I sorted the colours out into piles that might work together. Yesterday, I dug out my drum carder (thankfully fairly clean) and I carded three greens and a yellow together. …
FO: Mood
Time to start catching up with some FO posts, I think! My second pair of socks from the Silk Road Socks book. Knitted from an unusually heavy yarn, for me. Mood (sometimes spelled Muud or Moud) is a small town in eastern Iran. The town has a long textile history, and rugs from the area …