No spinning today. Mr L has a work crisis on and I need to stay home on puppy duty, especially as I have a meeting myself this afternoon. Sometimes I think that it sounds strange when I say that I cannot go out because of the dogs - it's not the full story, of course... …
AWOL
The site that I have being helping to build went live (but incomplete, by a long way) tonight. So this is what has been keeping me busy, and off the sock-knitting. And now, I am ready for beer!
Knitting trauma
Just passing through, don't get excited... After several days' intensive webmastering, I needed a Return To Sock. I don't yet quite have the heart to begin the Teosinte again, so I grabbed the closes ball of yarn to my left hand and found it to be the Merino/Tencel "Lochan" yarn for the Rivendells. I took …
Still here
I haven't disappeared. I am just involved in Other Things - mainly a web project that needs a rocket under it. It involves Learning New Skills, which I love doing, so fibre isn't getting much of a look in just now. The Teosinte sock is fully frogged - how it hurts to say that! and …
It’s a sock
It's a sock. It's a very pretty sock It's a very pretty sock, indeed! It looks gorgeous. Alas, it is also a sock in need of re-knitting. It is much too tight around the heel and ankle. I knew this all along. I could see it. But I kept on knitting anyway... The foot is …
A cuff round the ears
I must say, disregarding the trauma of the wrapped heel and toe, I do like this sock. It's a pleasure to knit - the pattern has a nice rhythm to it and is simple enough to be error-free but demands enough attention to keep boredom at bay. I am just about to knit the rib …