Lovely mail today and the outcome of two bouts of inappropriate shopping. Why inappropriate? Because every penny that I have is committed to the loom that should be arriving any day now. As enny fule no… the only sensible thing to do when purchasing serious kit is to get the best one can possibly afford. …
Tag archives: Knit
Fo: Not so Flashy
Named “Not so Flashy” for the flashes of colour in the yarn – the violet and cobalt on black reminded me very much of a portion of the Eighties which I would far rather forget
Tales of the unexpected
My dearly beloved has given me a birthday card today. I think that is the first time in ten years that he has bought me a birthday card. He’s also taking me out to dinner this evening! I am reeling from this unexpected attention. It’s O.K. though, he hasn’t bought me a present – so …
Shopping
I have some loot to share with you. First of all, Cookie A’s Sock Innovation was finally delivered by Amazon. Proof? Photographic evidence. It exists. Mine, all mine… The yarn is from The Yarn Yard, and is Caber. It is the one that I want to use first but it is considerably lighter (at 450m …
The Spice Route
Plans for Project Spectrum East involve avoiding yellow as much as possible and doing my own thing…
FO:Alpine Butternut
Super-luxurious and chunky Butternut Scarf, made in Rowan Cocoon. Enabled by a very generous RAK.
Details and photo gallery.