Two pairs of socks completed as part of my self-challenge to bust some UFOs during August... Pattern: Herringbone Rib Socks by Kristi Schueler Yarn: Bonny from The Yarn Yard, colourway Tay Notes: Never again Ravelry Project: Tay-lor-made I was making the Herringbone Rib socks for Mr L - he loved the colour of the yarn …
FO: Echo Flower Shawl
Dancing Shadows began life pretty much as an accident. I had purchased this beautiful Gloaming yarn but was having trouble finding the right project for it. I wrote this, over on Ravelry: Gloaming is an odd yarn. Definitely a laceweight, at 800m per 100g, yet it feels like a sock weight to knit with. The …
FO: Capsicum
I cast on my Herbivore as an antidote to the Herringbone Rib Socks. I needed something colourful to lift my spirits, and a project that would be swiftly completed. I also needed to use up some sock yarn stash. Pattern: Herbivore by Stephen West Yarn: Zitron Trekking Hand Art in Tundra Notes: A simple pattern, …
Tuesday is just a state of mind
Show and Tell! Show Tell The skein of yarn that I won from pmcblonde's blog, by naming her new shawl pattern "Mizzle", arrived. The pattern itself was also included. Mr L has claimed the yarn for socks for himself, but I think he's willing to forgo the shawl... Show Tell The entirety of my sock …
A funny old week
It is being a funny old week, with me feeling less than in top form. I was out and about on Monday, doing a little spinning, and that both threw my routine out of whack and gave me a headache from sitting in a hot conservatory for too long. I did have a Show and …
Fun and games with comments
Sue (paintermom) contacted me to let me know that blog comments were broken - typical, just as soon as I particularly invite comments on a post! It would seem that after I updated WordPress when I went to bed last night, one of the plugins stopped working properly and WordPress 3.0.1 decided to deliver a …