We are socialising tonight. It does not happen often. I was busy in the kitchen this morning, trying to eliminate the egg glut by making mayo as a base for a few dips to delve into later. Mr L felt it incumbent upon himself to wield the Dyson. Now, me, I know this house. When …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
All Sorts and Out of Sorts
Generally feeling out of sorts this week. Not achieving very much and feeling rather unproductive. I’m writing this Saturday Scramble on Friday evening, with a firm resolve to get busy this weekend. Today has been glorious — a real foretaste of Spring. I’m hoping to be blessed with more of the same for the weekend …
FO: Another Clapotis
I know, they are as common as muck 🙂 All the same, I can’t help but love knitting a Clapotis — I think that this may be my fourth, possibly fifth… Clapotis the First was knitted under-sized, in HipKnits Aran silk. Clapotis the second was smaller still, and knitted again in pure silk – this …
FO: Norie
The Norie hat called to me most loudly from The Shetland Trader’s recent book release. I didn’t find enough in the book to merit buying it but, luckily for me, the Norie is available as a single purchase. The pattern is written for DK weight, and this is something that I tend not to have …
Each to their own
You may be slightly underwhelmed by this week’s thrill, but you may rest assured that this particular blogger could not be more deeply thrilled than she is today. Why is that? You may well ask. You see… I can walk around the house, inhaling deeply, at last. The Smell has gone. We have been living …
Just another wet WIP Wednesday
Pictures? You want pictures? Hard luck. It’s like the middle of winter here, hardly enough light to navigate by, let alone take photographs 🙂 Active WIPs: Ferry socks: halfway down the second heel flap Gordes socks: ditto. This sock is going rather fatser than the first one did Antalya: still awaits grafting Weaving: my third …