One step forward – I just upgraded Custard’s progress to 100% at Ravelry. I need to sew a few ends in and take photos, but they are done. If I ever shown the faintest inclination towards a mohair project again just shoot me! One step back – I set my Spring Cap’s progress bar backwards, …
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Off the wagon already
So much for self discipline. Having cast off my first mitt, I cast on for the second one and was happily knitting away when my beloved suggested an early night with a good book. I didn’t want to read but I didn’t fancy my chances of keeping the mohair right in bedroom lighting – so …
Recent spinning
I finally found some good daylight in which to photograph my recent spinning Two skeins of lumpy bumpy merino from The Yarn Yarn’s Merino pencil roving, and a small skein of the remaining pink to go with it. I had a multicoloured roving, which I spun thick and thin and well-slubbed. And I had a …
Knitting Charts – Knitting Yarn Store UK
A small change in my search terms and a comparison chart was swiftly found – at Angel Yarns, of course! Knitting Charts – Knitting Yarn Store UK 4ply it is, then. I’m going for these Dragon Scale mitts . I’ll maybe use my green bamboo mix yarn for them, or perhaps the grey BFL commercial …
Silly girl
I should have kept off the computer today and been resting my arm but I got a bit carried away with this little project in Publisher. It’s one prototype. I shall need to do something bolder as an alternative. Tomorrow I’ll mock something up in PSP. Bigger at Flickr. If it’s too small to read: …
Spinning Day
Spinning group plus 1 today. Very snug. Lots of wheels. Lovely almond tart, warm and gooey from the oven and tasting of a good old fashioned Bakewell. Silence descended, as it always does when a really good cake appears. Eating cake is a serious business. I finished a bobbin of my supposedly fat single, then …