What’s in the box?

Spinning day today. I got off to a poor start when the shower refused to work... then spent the rest of pre-spinning time chasing my tail and trying to put an attractive birthday card together. Eventually I shot out of the door at the last minute, minus my spinning wheel but with the Citron shawl, …

Evenstar 1:2

I completed the first "clue" of the mystery shawl tonight. There is a photograph, here It has not gone smoothly. I used the Thom Christoph circular cast-on. The link given in the pattern to a photo tutorial defeated the pair of us. Mr L did find me a You Tube video that was more helpful. …

Two Fine Gentlemen

I took my new camera to town with me on Friday. The plan was to capture some FO shots of my Brandywine Shawl in the sunshine on the ferry. We were blessed with the most fabulous weather, but the photo shoot just didn't work out. These two fine gentlemen live over the door of the …

Evenstar 1:1

This post might have been more amusingly entitled "two sticks good, four sticks bad" though I confess that now I am on to five sticks things are looking up, so five sticks are definitely better than four... but I much prefer two. I simply do not have the required manual dexterity - not for multiple …

No Two Snowflakes presents Snnowflowers SECOND by NoTwoSnowflakes

No Two Snowflakes presents Snnowflowers SECOND by NoTwoSnowflakes. No comment necessary!

Today, I…

Today, I: Sneezed a lot Toyed with the ball of crochet thread that arrived in the morning's post Did more research on crochet thread sizes Fought off the temptation to begin a doiley Completed my Flutter scarf - and even sewed the ends in Unpinned my Brandywine Shawl, and it is gorgeous! It makes me …