I cast on another sock today. I still haven't ripped out yesterday's sock, but I do think that I shall. I will try another pattern with the same yarn. Today's sock is Pomatomus, using the last of my blue Rowan Cashsoft. I don't think this will be a runner either. I don't know. I want …
Heatherkins
I cast on some new socks last night. Nutkins, in Violet Green's Stroud SuperSock in "Heather". I frogged them and cast them on again. Now I contemplate another frogging. These socks do not speak to me. This yarn is demanding something of me that I do not wholly understand - it has been cast on …
More needle
Around six weeks ago I abandoned my cashmere mitts project when using the cheap 2mm bamboo needles proved to make my hands very sore. I assessed my overall DPN situation; having lost track of one set of Clovers I was down to just a single pair of short DPNs in 2.5mm and none at all …
So, I have my needles back
I may have lost a pair of socks, but I have gained two sets of DPNs and am raring to go. Yes, the Purple Needle Eaters have attained FO status and here they are: Eight Ply Purple Needle Eaters Ravelry Project Details Cast on: 1st May 2008 Cast off: 9th May 2008 …
Waaah!
I have just lost a pair of socks.
Not so anonymous, really
Although I see hundreds of hits a day at Woolgathering, nobody much hangs around to say "hello" apart from the usual suspects. It's a pity. I'd like the chance to gab a little from time to time, and to meet a few blog strangers. Our readers are not totally anonymous though, and I do pick …