The yarn lasted out and Mr L has a new pair of socks. Not perfect by any means but they will keep his toeses warm, and that is what counts. And at least one of them fits… I appear to have resurrected Mr plumbum’s Green ‘n Growlly Socks (aka # One Husband Socks) so it …
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…and there’s more
a book – Papermaking and Bookbinding: Coastal Inspirations by Joanne B Kaar who lives over the Pentland Firth from me. This book is both more and less than I had hoped/expected – but very inspirational and extremely useful and I am now fired up to do something other than knitting A circular knitting needle size …
Making Time
My fibre stash is not decreasing. I need to make more time in which to spin. But how? I was thinking that I need to spin more regularly, rather than having intense spurts that end up hurting my joints. Ideally, I think that I should do an hour a day, every day (or most days, …
Slumped
I am weary. Very, very weary. It is good to see friends but the endless round of cooking and the sleeping in strange circumstances, added to a total change of routine? It all adds up to an extreme tiredness. I knitted about two rounds of sock all week. I did get to make some silk …
Thank heaven for that
Woke this morning to find that the Melbourne puzzle Hunt had reached its conclusion, which means that we can call a halt to the annual madness, if we wish. A bout of puzzle fatigue saw us tail off at the 19 puzzles solved stage, with six to go, and we dropped from ninth to 20th. …
Whoops
Been so busy puzzling all day that I forgot to wash my swatches! That will not do. And no sock done today, either. Four puzzles down, after a terrible “kick me” moment a short time ago. One remaining. We know what to do with it but it’s not clarifying yet. Taking it to bed with …