gathering it all together
(Wow – what a long title to this post.) I was struggling with my Winter Shawl project. I had purchased an Addi Turbo needle for it but the yarn and needle were not happy partners. The needle tips were both too blunt and too slippery and when those facts were coupled with an over-long cable …
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Today I girded my loins and ventured into that space that is laughingly designated “workroom” or “craftroom.” It has long needed a thorough tidying session and now that I have a new large workbench to put in there, it really has to be done with gusto. I need to throw out much of the stuff …
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NTS: October= WIP-busting (in hand) November = How Many Fingerless Mitts can I Knit? aka Christmas is Coming, plus I Owe Some PIFs. (in planning stages) December = Get in the Sweater Groove (hmmm?) December will, I hope, continue for the forseeable future. I have a great desire to do some meaningful knitting. Plus a …
And as October is WIP-busting month, I have a sock by my bedside. The much-loathed Herringbone Rib socks are (slowly) moving forward again. Now, some long time ago, I finally purchased myself a needle gauge. It is a wondrous item – it measures not only metric sizes, but also Yankee ones. Not only that, it …
Just to confirm – October is my WIP-busting month. No new cast-ons are allowed((Not even, and especially not even, that Pretty Thing of the Harlot’s that I have been waiting so long for)), except maybe for one significant project to be consumed while Mr L is away in Manc later this month. I don’t expect …