Looking East

The Big Push on that UFO shawl project has been going very well. From picking it up on Tuesday at 18% done, it is now 75% completed. Maybe. That is if I do not elect to add a few extra repeats. I think this shawl is destined for the bedroom, to pop round my shoulders …

Catching up

Spinning Spinning was Chez Woolgatherer today. We had the Moist Chocolate Cake and some (not)Mars Bar Crispies for the gluten-free choice. I managed to spin quite a decent amount of my roving before my hand cramped up, and I was pleased with that. There will be something to ply soon!  I also did a show …

PS4 North FO: Joy without Joy

These socks were a fun and speedy knit. Each sock took just two days to knit.

Laeticia – a sock pattern from the Twist Collective, by Stephanie van der Linden. I knitted these for myself from Toddy, my favourite sock yarn from The Yarn Yard.

A Project Spectrum project.

Feeling my Age

I have an upcoming birthday (19/5). The NHS have sent me an advance birthday present (12/5). Now I know how old I am for certain! This is my first scheduled mammogram. I’ve had one before, when I had a wee scare a few years ago. But this is the first one that tells me that …

Endings and Beginnings

Completely surprised this evening to find that I have completed my Laeticia socks. Yesterday I picked it up, with just an inch of cuff completed, and put it down again at bed time, with the heel turned. Never for a moment did I believe that I could complete the foot today, but I have! Not only that, but I am making fast inroads into Mr L’s boring socks and am about to fashion a heel flap for the second sock.

Kalamity

So. There I was, just sitting here, Laeticia sock in hands, thinking that I might have bitten off a teensy bit more than I can chew in offering to complete the sock by tomorrow. With a positive turn of mind, I had just decided that it was doable. Then my mind got to wandering, and …