gathering it all together
…and after last week’s complete chaos, I return in the hope of managing a full week’s blogging. The intent was there last week and I really did plan to keep my promises but Tuesday’s thunderstorm and BT had other ideas.
Bet you never thought inspiration could be gained from a farmyard chicken. It’s all in the blog. Prepare to be amazed.
Yes, I know it is Wednesday. There is WIP-page, however there are no photographs and it is all a little dull. Progress is painfully slow – and I have no reason for that. Concentration is all on the commission lace scarves and I begin to worry that I shall be late in delivery. Truly, it …
Please do visit the p-hop site. Take a little time to find out what they and MSF are all about. You might donate while you are there…
A little while ago I mentioned falling off the yarn-purchase-diet and I showed you some Colinette that I gained from p/hop. Well, yesterday I turned that yarn into an oversized Urchin beret. I knitted the large size, because I know that I have a 23″ head. But I failed to swatch — and that was …
Yesterday was an odd one. I woke about 6am with a post-Kirkwall headache, took some painkillers and slept it off until just after 9am. My plan was to spend a lovely calm and soothing morning with my spinning wheel and then tackle some remedial knitting later on (an Urchin.) Just a few urgent-ish things to …
My first knit to be branded as a Sanday Spinners item – all properly swing-tagged and everything 🙂 I fell in love with this pattern shortly before receiving a phone call asking if I could knit an unfussy handspun scarf for a man. Seemed to be a marriage made in heaven, to me. I had …