Skein not yet washed. I really am not at all keen on this stuff. I liked it in the batt. But not on the bobbin and certainly not in the skein. The lovely green that I liked so much has all but vanished, and the rich glowing tan has flattened and gone dusty and uninteresting. …
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It came from out of the Fog…
The scarf is completed and ready for blocking. Perhaps not today, it’s so humid that I’d never get my washing dry. That same grey weather contributes to the lack of decent photographs. So, here’s a photo of the scarf draped over the window, and another close-up of the grafted section. It’s by no means perfect …
Shattered
I am absolutely shattered and Nell is going back to sleep on her own tonight! Nell is obviously feeling A1 and she wants to go out to lay. But she isn’t allowed to for another week yet. She’s whining and whimpering and being a right royal pain. Added to which is the fact that she …
Poor blog puppy
Poor baby! It has been a long hard day. Not much knitting got done We went to Stromness, where I took around 40 pictures, but this is all you are getting for now, and Mr L bought me this… “carded Orkney Wool” from The Sorting Room (a sort of artists co-op) – I liked the …
Burning again
Cash and Burn is under way again, and the second sock is cast on, joined, and the rib begun. That should keep me quiet on the boat. And I am almost ready to graft my scarf – but that will be later in the week, I think. Once that is done, and this sock is …
Not really…
It’s not really castonitis. It’s more knitting-as-therapy. Yes, I have a new project on the needles. It will soon be off again. I am rattling up a 4 ply Shetland Lace scarf. After spending so much time on the web mastering recently, I was feeling very much in need of some mindless knitting. I dug …