gathering it all together
New today from Colourmart – Baby Merino 4ply in “Rustic”. One cone of 300 gms – 3/15NM – Baby Merino 4ply in “Rustic”. One cone of 300 gms – 3/15NM – gving 1,650 yards (2,450 yards per lb) Price: £11.17 incl p&p.
The colour is rich and deep and the feel is soft and sproingy even though the wool is still oiled…
So, we pass the Solstice and find ourselves either mid-Winter and facing the oncoming Spring, or just sinking into Winter. It’s not so much a matter of glass-half-full or glass-half-empty really, more which standard one chooses to adopt. According to the Met Office, Winter has just begun. Me? I understand that there are the oncoming wintry months to face still – but I do like the Pagan tradition of welcoming the returning sun. I just accept that although the sun is on his way, he has an awful long journey to make before we meet him at Platform 5 for his summer holidays in the Northern Isles.
Socktoberfest 2008 was my first Socktoberfest, but it will not be the last. I found it useful to have a supportive community available to help me through those UFOs.
For my first Socktoberfest I set dual goals. I wanted to learn to knit Magic Loop socks, and I needed to complete at least the Vanilla Mansocks and the Grreen and Grrowllies…
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All may seem confusing to begin with.
Following that earlier warning, here’s your final one. I have been busy downloading candidate WordPress themes and I am all ready to get stuck in to the site redesign. Some time prior to Monday I shall be taking the site down until work is completed. It may take a while but I promise that Woolgathering …
– I mentioned a few days ago that I had become obsessed and was having to exercise great self-discipline in order not to buy yarn and cast on. Since than I haven’t found the time to divulge all. I’m ready to share… I was having one of my regular perusals of the newly listed Ravelry …