What have you been up to for the last couple of weeks? Do tell, I'd love to know - and I am certain that it will be far less dull than all my doings... Christmas here is a very low key affair. We usually take the dogs and a picnic lunch out on the 25th …
Must Try Harder
Welcome to 2012, a resolution-free zone here at Wool | gathered. That was the plan, anyway - a free and easy year, just rolling along and taking life as it presents itself. No plans, no promises - not even to myself. Then I woke up this morning to find email from WordPress.com. I use their …
The Holiday Hit List
So much for finishing Flukra off this weekend - I managed all of half a row. I hate this time of year, when routine is so disrupted. Looking forward to normality being returned to me on 2nd January. ALL the commissions are completed, bar a hat to be made for February. The bed …
The end is in sight
There are three rows left to go on the commissioned socks. I find myself filled with excitement. I can feel the weight lifting from my shoulders. What shall I do next? After a little rest for my hands, and to do all that birthday cooking, I think I shall earmark Sunday to complete the …
Something worth remembering
I knit. You know that. I knit a lot. I know that. I knit and I knit and I knit... often to the exclusion of all else - witness the past couple of months. Sometimes, I knit so much and so often that I forget that my primary creative focus is, and always shall be …
Francie, my dear, I don’t give a…
When the power goes off long term, it is essential to find ways of keeping warm. I try to stay active and perhaps use the time to catch up on housework - that generates some body heat. The thermal vest and long johns are deployed when it is time to rest but I find that …