Kirkwall shopping day tomorrow. A big event in these here parts. Mr L is reluctant to take time off from work at present, and he is as reluctant to shop on Saturday when the homeward journey takes over three hours, so I am going without him. I am not managing to be brave enough to …
Tag archives: Knit
Remember this?
Well, seen this? Which is why, despite my avowing not to cast on for the foreseeable future, I just spent an hour trying to find the remainder of my ball of Lochan. If I need justification I’ll claim the need of a ferry pattern… I really should be making shopping lists and packing shopping bags …
Ingrid, not Bergman
Ingrid has been on the needles for 28 days. It’s true, my geek-knitter-girl spreadsheet tells me so. It also tells me that the scarf is 50% done. What is doesn’t tell me is the number of active knitting days on it – which must be 4 or 5. There must be at least as many …
Success!
The target has been seen wearing the new scarf – willingly and voluntarily! The unaccustomed frosty weather is helping no doubt, but I have definitely seen that man exiting this house with his My So Called Scarf about his neck. A success. Perhaps I’ll unpick the Pine Cone scarf (last year’s gift and worn but …
Bleugh
The Butternut Scarf [Ingrid at Ravelry] is now making gratifying progress. It has moved from that horrible stubby stage into something which does at least flap, if not drape. According to my Geek Knitters Spreadsheet[TM] it is now 30% complete, after four and a half pattern repeats. It’s looking beautiful and I already want to …
It’s Ingrid
So, it turns out that Ingrid, my Butternut Scarf was asking to be picked up. This has been sitting on my desk for what feels like an age, but according to my ticky sheet I began the scarf just 24 days ago. I left it on row 13 of the second repeat (to concentrate on …