No resolutions for the New Year, but a few sensible predictions… plus a handful of hopes, and a smart dash of reality… and 2009 is declared by one intrepid knitter to be the year of the Great Stashbust…
Tag archives: Knit
Obsession
– I mentioned a few days ago that I had become obsessed and was having to exercise great self-discipline in order not to buy yarn and cast on. Since than I haven’t found the time to divulge all. I’m ready to share… I was having one of my regular perusals of the newly listed Ravelry …
What to do?
Well, I finished the mitts and now I have to sew in forty-two quadrillion ends. I made an abysmal job of the mitts. Truly awful. I plan never to knit fingers again, not even teensy ones. Especially not teensy ones, come to think on it. I need a distraction before I inadvertently pick up a …
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
1 – the Earl Grey sock is complete and grafted 2 – the Kollage square needles disintegrated on me just as I finished casting on for the second sock 3 – I am now reverting to knitting desk mitts. Little finger completed. End in sight. 4 – I sold a scarf today, for a tenner …
Disappointment
My new square knitting needles arrived this morning and I was thrilled when I saw them. The cable is so soft and pliable, it’s wonderful. The points are light and comfortable. I cast on[1]. Well, you would, wouldn’t you? I came down to earth with a bump. I need to give these a fair go …
Let me sleep, please
Maybe it’s a good thing that we didn’t go to Kirkwall yesterday. I found myself completely exhausted yesterday. All I did was sit in front of my computer and knit mindlessly – having put the Water Sock project together for doing on the boat I just picked it up and knit on that. I got …