Interesting times. Flushed by my success in UFO-bashing the Thorfinn socks, I picked up the next project for the lists. The Colors Squared Shawl turned out to be further on than I thought it was. I had all the main pieces finished. All that remained to do was to sew them into place, knit the …
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Yarny Additions
In the post today – a package of yarn scraps from Jenny. These are, as far as she can recall, all Bonny from The Yarn Yard so it was not at all surprising that there was a large intake of breath when the contents spilled out onto the bed. Natalie is a very clever dyer …
Sometimes I surprise myself
Thorfinn is a sock recipe that I conjured up for myself. It was intended as ferry knitting and has been on the needles for a very long time indeed. It went to town a couple of times, but not very often.
I grafted the toe just on the stroke of midnight. Now all I have to do is to knit the second one and I’ll have one more ball of wool for the blankie…
Blankie progress
Here’s where the blankie was up to last night: Six squares knitted in, and some of the ends tidied up. Also, three more squares for the foundation row…
Completely besotted
Who would ever have thought that knitting dinky squares would be so much fun and so absorbing? Not me! Anyway, I am totally besotted by my blankie and my mind was clearly working on it overnight as I woke up full of enthusiasm and ideas. I need more colours! One way that this can be …
Ferry Blankie
The ferry blanket is now a live Ravelry project – I expect it will do much hibernating over the coming months. I am just two squares into this project so far. One of the great things about knitting is that it leaves room for thought. Sometimes simple knitting is a good thing to do in …