I did it. I finished Warriston's second sleeve yesterday evening and today I have joined both sleeves to the body and began raglan shaping on the yoke. It is very awkward and unwieldy at present. With so many stitches engaged it will feel like slow progress too but it will grow. I could use a …
Warriston Progress
I have retrieved Warriston from the campervan and find that it is not as far on as I had thought. I have the body done, plus one sleeve and a cuff. I intend to complete this second sleeve by bed time today. Wish me luck. It should be do-able as it's a drop sleeve and …
Simples
I have been feeling low but I am tackling matters and hope to be more cheery soon
The Bitter Ends
I have been knitting. I said that I would, and so I have been. Not a lot of knitting, to be sure - I was working on the Colinette throw and as it became every heavier and harder to manage, my knitting bursts grew shorter and shorter. Am I happy with it? Perhaps not totally. …
Making our own amusements
The weekend continued on the theme of simple pleasures, with a puzzling session in bed on Friday evening, limbering up in readiness for Monday's SUMS Puzzle Hunt. We printed off a crossword from the Guardian and a few of the Puzzlebomb sheets, poured a glass of wine apiece and got stuck in. One of the …
The Plan (and us)
The problem, as I see it, with having A Plan, is that things never actually go to plan, do they. I confess that I sent Mr L off to town yesterday with some sense of reservation. I know what he is like - apt to purchase every available calorie of zero nutritional value. He said …