I ponder now and again the knitting bandwagon. It surprises me how often I pick out a pattern and discover via Ravelry that it is one of the “must knit” patterns. I have seen scathing comments about these projects – the most significant example being the Clapotis. I see statements such as “I haven’t knit …
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Interesting stats at Ravelry – support my contention (often voiced but unsupported) that there has been a veritable explosion in the field of knitting. Now, if we could only convince all those 21 year olds who took up knitting in the last couple of years that undyed handspun from Orkney is the thing to knit! …
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Stripe generator
This is brilliant www.kissyourshadow.com It would be useful in determining the stripes for the socks I plan to do with my angora/lambswool samples [Ravelry] [Flickr] I bought from Orkney Angora, which might turn out something lie this. It just needs a way of entering the proportion of each colour to be used overall, so that …
Latest buy
I am thrilled with these, my latest eBay buy. I’ve wanted some for ages but it’s funny how you keep putting off buying the little things, isn’t it? I think they are great and I am certain that they will soon become indispensable. Perhaps I should buy a few more pairs so that I always …
In the post
In today’s post – this gift from my beloved It’s a cushion cover kit that is destined to be a wall hanging. Inside there was this gorgeous yarn I have never done anything like this before and am certain to be cack-handed… I had to try immediately. The instructions were a bit …
I need to knit
I’m missing my needles. I hope pup settles down soon and allows me time to knit. I’ve been hankering after some Yarn Yard yarn tonight and I really want to clear my stash a bit soon… I love to knit. It soothes me and makes me happy. I miss it. I gave my Cat’s Paw …