gathering it all together
I cannot help but grin when a parcel of goodies manages to deliver itself on a Tellit Tuesday. If ever I need impetus to blog, this is certain to do it for me. The Knitting Goddess is at work and arranging the universe such that I have something to show and something to tell. This …
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Woke up this morning with the almost inevitable post-Kirkwall headache, so it was a complete downer to open my mailbox and find an upsetting mail message. I have had a day of tears and temper and unpleasant memories. My every instinct tells me to reach out for some clean white wool and to knit some …
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Something to show today, something to tell. Look what I got! Mr L was buying a cabinet of small drawers for his railway layout bits and pieces and I remarked that I had been looking for something similar for my workroom. We found a set that we both thought would be useful and where buying …
There are far better energy levels about the Windswept Acre now that the days are lengthening, so we have much to show and tell today. The card reader is in my machine and fully working — it took a large chunk of Saturday to get matters that way but at least I can reacquaint myself …
I really wanted to show you this gorgeous yarn today and I am kicking myself for having bought such a duff camera. The colour reproductuion with this one is awful — and I still cannot read a card from the Canon. Anyway, you will simply have to take my word for it that this yarn, …
I really wanted to show you the most wonderful skein of hand-dyed yarn today. It is the most marvelous and subtle job of dyeing, on a 80/20 Merino/Nylon base, from Violet Green. I tried. Truly, I tried. Alas, my camera setup could not cope and all I have is this murky shot to show you. …