Apologies for any ups and downs. I've had a hack attack and am dealing with a bunch of injection code. It's not my first priority, so returning Wool | gathered to its natural state may take some time.
Shutting up shop
Gill and I have been discussing for a while the nonsense of maintaining multiple blogs that cover the same subject area. It is time for all the woolly stuff to be moved over to Sanday Spinners. I don't plan to blow woolgathering.org.uk out of the water entirely, at least not just yet. Not so long …
Traumatised
I'm traumatised. No, I haven't had to frog a project. This is for real. I've just had a totally unexpected freakout and it has showed me that I was traumatised by events some years ago. It wasn't pleasant at the time. It certainly rattled me. I would not have judged it as trauma then, but …
Ambidexterity. Almost
Oh, good heavens, I am knitting Fair Isle! What's more, I am knitting Fair Isle two-handed. As in: one colour in each hand. I need a lie down. The background can be read here. Having taken it into my head to give this a go, I tried knitting with both colours in one hand. I …
Old dogs, new tricks
I was about 11 years old when my parents somehow decided that I might be musical. The first that I knew of this was when a Harmonica nestled itself in the bottom of my Christmas pillowcase. It was a mysterious object to me and I never got to grips with it - perhaps I did …
Too busy to blog
Really, it has been so busy around here... but none of the activity really seems bloggable. It's all a bit vanilla-flavoured on the old Windswept Acre right now. I did have stuff to Show & Tell on Tuesday but lacked the time to get around to it - perhaps we can take a peek next …