Knitting has not progressed quite as well as hoped but I’m not minded to complain as we had a lovely Sunday afternoon out on the beach instead. I did make it well up the armholes and have carried on today, enjoying myself thoroughly with the Fauré Requiem and Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate. Just blissful. How lucky we are …
Category archives: Studio
I wish my memory box worked properly
There has been Knitting. What is more, there has been Significant Knitting Progress. Mr L’s Lancelot sweater is in progress again at last and I have just cast off the back. The rib for the front piece is already worked and I can now begin on the patterned section without delay. It is making me …
Wound up
We both seem to be feeling much better today, though I also feel as though I did quite enough yesterday not to wish to exert myself today. I busied myself this morning in winding balls from the little skeins of Art that I found in the caravan yesterday. Overall I believe that I am now …
Mixed fortunes
A day of mixed fortunes today. Mr L elected to go alone to the hospital, leaving me to mind Nell at home rather than traipse her around in the car all day. I kept myself busy, having one of those “hubby’s away” productivity days. Several loads of laundry went out on the line, until the …
Slowly, slowly, getting there
I kid you not, it is like being back in the middle of winter here. It is wet, grey, windy and quite frankly, dismal. There is very little available light in the house, making any kind of close work difficult. Gill brought me some more Art yarn today and I have wound both it and …
Curlylocks, wilt though be mine?
Blocking a Curl is actually good fun. It’s quick and relatively easy. Use of one wire is helpful. Next, pin out the long curved edge. I find it useful to put a few pins in the top edge to help me get some tension. These I then remove as I go, so that the short …