Gorgeous "Bonny" sock yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% polyamide) in colourway "PYO" (Pick Your Own - it's berry-coloured) from The Yarn Yard. Knitting up fast. Soft and cushiony. The colour makes it look good enough to eat. With a bowl of cream on the side, of course. Dammit. Now I want some Summer Pudding!
Some FOs
Water and Sky looks fantastic. It weighs just 18 grams, and therefore cost me a snip of a £1.26. It's very inexpertly blocked, but I didn't see much point in wasting effort on it, plus putting it under too much tension would have made the hole worse. If I can repair it well, then I …
A plan
I need a plan to deal with the extreme level of sockage around here. I should definitely make a plan. Then I can ignore it completely... No, really, in the next few days I should review The State of Sock: needles in use/free; yarn in stash; patterns queued; and pairs begun. A little ordering and …
Tragedy
I washed and blocked my scarf and socks today. The socks are much improved for it. The scarf? Well, basically it looks terrific. But I found a hole! About one quarter in from one end - a large hole with around four stitches running. I have no idea if I am skilled enough to repair …
Off the needles
Sky and Water is off the needles. The last repeat and a half was hard going - my hands just didn't seem to want to play today. ready to block now. I may do that later this evening, but more likely some time tomorrow. As a matter of discipline, I did pick up the Cash …
Blocking wires
I am after some blocking wires. They seem as rare as hen's teeth, especially in the UK. The one company that I can find that sells them, charge twice the price of those in the USA. Of course, Knitpicks discriminate against non-US or Canadian customers. They won't sell to us. We aren't good enough for …