I started another Urchin today, with the remaining Flambé yarn. I just got to the end of the seventh segment, looked down at my ball, and realised that I am not going to be able to complete the eighth segment. Tomorrow I’ll have a root around and see if I can find any scraps anywhere. …
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By accident, not design
The blue handspun hat is an FO. I wasn’t particularly careful about the transition to DPNs, and I should have been – because of the stranding on the Sl3’s. Add to this the fact that ball 1 was very different in weight to ball 2, and we end up with a most peculiar hat… The …
That’s very odd…
I have recently been knitting mitts – fingerless mittens, handwarmers, wristies – whatever it is you want to call them. I have always known them as mitts, as opposed to mittens which are closed in at the fingers and have a thumb section… but I digress I had some spare yarn kicking around and elected …
Aspirational
Sylvi by Mari Muinonen Wow. I mean, WOW!! Hmmm. I seem to be on a colour trip just now, don’t I?
Rain rain rain
I shouldn’t say it. But I shall. I am getting a bit fed up of this rain. The thing is, living here, one simply cannot afford to let it get to one. We just have to live with it. And, to be honest, I have lived in overall wetter locations in the past. I should …
Today
Today I did not manage to make it to spinning group. Instead, I had to make do with making some postcards for a swap, which was a job well done. Also a job well done was the winding of my recent club skein from The Yarn Yard. All ready now to cast on for Mr …