Really poor lighting conditions today, so utterly carp photos: Ultimate Temptation, the Hamsa scarf is blocking (under a rather Heath Robinson arrangement in the kitchen) and I really wish I knew how to do a good job of blocking! Gorgeous, gorgeous pattern. Must make another one soon. The Merope socks finally got a photograph …
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Wipeout
Today was a total wipeout. A vile, vile, vile headache took me off my feet. I got up and showered, looked at my cereal bowl, threw up, went back to bed. The next thing I knew was that it was 4:30pm. I took some painkillers and came round slowly, with the help of a light …
Good for a giggle
The Giggle yarn is finished and I got all but the magic 400 yard figure: skeins of 120, 128, and 148 yards give a total of 396, just 4 yards short. Total weight about 4 and a quarter ounces – 124 grams. I wish the skeins had come out more evenly, I could have put …
Holier than thou, or tales of an impoverished knitter
I decided yesterday to just go for it and complete the knitting of the one project that I seem to be keen to knit on. I picked up my Hamsa scarf and knitted away. And then it happened… ASIDE: Since I gave up work to run away to Scotland and live the good simple life …
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Some progress
Some little progress is being made. I am working in short bursts, so finding it hard going and frustrating. Yesterday’s spinning gave me a little fillip and I sat and completed the Giggle spinning today in between doing other things. Just the plying left to do now. The Ultimate Temptation project still steals my attention …
Spinning Day
Spinning Day this week is hot, hot, hot. So hot that we couldn’t take advantage of my new sitting place outside and had to go spin inside in the shade! Spinning Cake was oaty-fruity-seedy bars that may have started life as flapjacks but were honey-based instead of syrup-based, and a tray of wonderfully spicy, fruity …