My visual thrills this week have been provided by the field of barley next to the Windswept Acre. Each morning when I take the dogs out, I stand with my rapidly cooling coffee and just gaze at the field. The barley is right at that stunning green-gold phase and it simply glows in the morning …
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The Thrill of the Yarn
Oh, what a Thursday Thrill we have today. Nobody can tell me that new stash is ever any less than thrilling but today’s parcel is just wondrous! The recent Colourmart Lovers contest[sic] over on Ravelry saw the Woolgatherer produce the best project in the Accessory category – my Annis shawl. The prize for this extraordinary …
Oh, yes, it is thrilling indeed
Today’s Thursday Thrill is more of a slight frisson of relief really. I’m marginally thrilled to have completed the Teardrop Stole last night and it is away to its new owner tomorrow – currently pinned out on the blocking mats. Perhaps a better photo will be available for Friday. It is a relief – I …
A bit less of the knitting?
Today’s Thursday Thrill might seem a bit of an odd one, as it heralds a period of less knitting… I have been painfully aware, since I took to the knitting frenzy, that my reading time has plummeted – to zero. I have always been a reader, and I truly love books – but it is …
Thrills in the Pool
Today’s Thursday Thrill comes to you via Artist’s Palette Yarns where the blog entry for the 15th June drew my attention to the thrills of planned pooling. This is what thrilled me, exactly: I have been researching ever since. Most of the details are in Juliet’s post – she gives the links to Wenat’s blog …
Thrill seeking
I am short of time today so I thought I’d just scan the latest patterns in Ravelry to offer you up something thrilling to drool over. Sadly, I just do not have the time to search the trees in order to find the wood. The pearl amongst the swine cannot be found. The needle is …