FO Friday. No FOs to show, but one that has almost made it is soaking in the sink. I shall pin it out later and maybe there will be an FO post next Friday. I made “A Handsome Triangle” from Victorian Lace Today, intending that it would be my winter cosy. Well, here we are …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Thrill seeking
I am short of time today so I thought I’d just scan the latest patterns in Ravelry to offer you up something thrilling to drool over. Sadly, I just do not have the time to search the trees in order to find the wood. The pearl amongst the swine cannot be found. The needle is …
Some progress is better than no progress…
WIP Wednesday again. Already? Not possible!
Real life continues to intervene but I am slowly finding niches of time in which to play.
Progress report on Dido, ferry blankie, and some weaving…
Tellit Tuesday – more shopping
This is terrible: two show-and-tells in a row that involve shopping and spending money. I’ll be shot at dawn if the old man finds out…
Is it OK to shop if it is bargain-based? I think that it might be 🙂
Colourmart posted some eBay cone end sets last week and I thought that they looked like really good weaving practice yarns…
The Sunday Stroll
There has not been time to do anything special for today’s supplement and, as I am devoting most of my attention today to the hero returned, it is unlikely that a real stroll with the camera will take place. There’s no time to surf around and make new discoveries to share with you, so here’s …
Yarny goodness
Today is Day 7 of Knit/Crochet Blog week and today’s prompt is:
There’s one love that we all share: yarn. Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. If it is a yarn you have used you could show the project that you used it for, perhaps writing a mini ‘review’. Perhaps, instead, you pine for the feel of the almost mythical qiviut? You could explore and research the raw material and manufacturing process if you were feeling investigative.
Previous blog posts have contained the immortal phrase “If I could only knit with one yarn for the remainder of my life, this would be it” (or words to that effect.) The way I see it then is, having already laid my cards on the table, I am constrained to claim that yarn for this post.
Read on…