Obviously suffered at the dogs' attentions. I found this dandelion head lying in a puddle by the back door. I like this shot because it shows the tenderness of the petals. The island, and our garden, is awash with dandelions right now - they do really well here. They will be followed by other yellow …
FO: Echoes of Eden
Pair of 4ply fingerless mittens for PIF recipient. Knitted in a lambswool and silk blend in a fabulous turquoise shade incorporating tweedy flecks of green and violet. I started these in February, by knitting the leaf edging, then put the project away to enable concentration on other more pressing projects. I picked them up again …
Spinning Wednesday
Spinning was with S this week. Added delights included a very nice tea bread, and Earl Grey tea, plus two carrier bags of angora fibre goodies sent to us from Orkney Angora (details of which I need to catalogue and circulate to the spinning ladies for the purposes of informing the divvying up of the …
Goodbye to the North
Here we are, galloping towards the end of April and it is time to take stock of the last two months and Project Spectrum. Generally it was pleasing. There was considerable output: the Invincible Summer hat, the Winter-white Alpine Butternut Scarf, the properly-green Northern Neighbour cowl and the also-green Laeticia socks all began and completed …
Improv
One of the many things that I have done today: blocking the Girasole. I had just half an hour to pin the shawl out, so the job was a bit rough and ready. I used all my nice large beaded pins. Then I used my small beaded dressmaking pins. Then I deployed my map pins. …
FO:Alpine Butternut
Super-luxurious and chunky Butternut Scarf, made in Rowan Cocoon. Enabled by a very generous RAK. Details and photo gallery.