Spinning was at S1’s place today – in her very accommodating kitchen. Excellent scones were served. S did bring the Icelandic fleece, which was much admired. Surprisingly, I finished my roving. Really surprisingly; I spun the last piece unconsciously I think, because I thought I still had some left at the point at which I …
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Sasquatch
Don’t men have big feet? *sigh* This sock is becoming tedious. The yarn is nowhere near as pleasant to knit with as Opal yarns are and stocking stitch is irksome. If I make it straight on to the second sock without deviating into a lace project, it will be a miracle. I actually feel mean, …
Vanilla…
The Vanilla Mansock makes progress, albeit slowly. The heel is turned and the gusset is under way. I chose to do an Eye of Partridge heel this time around, other wise this sock is wholly plain vanilla. All the same, I think it may be rather smart when finished – the variegated greys knit up …
Turbo charged
We spent a lazy day today. Mr L feels as though he has caught a bug while he was away and is a bit sweaty and leaden-limbed so we did very little. We shredded more paper and cardboard for a third lot of paper logs, played with the dogs, and showed our faces at the …
If you want to get a head…
More hattage – Urchin #3 completed at spinning group today. This was the second Urchin in my Flambé yarn, in size medium. I am hoping that there is enough left to make a large one because clearly it is the large size that I need. Ho hum. Post-curry, post-cake-making, and missing-my-OH-so-can’t-sleep fatigue, bit hard today …
Tick 1
Hypotenuse wrap knitted and cast off. I need to sew in ends and block but we’ll call it a tick off the list. I don’t honestly see how I can collect any more ticks this week but I’ll keep on trying. The bad news is… Craft Club is going to be piecing and quilting. ARGH! …