easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in knitting on Oct 6th, 2008
Yes, I know I wasn’t talking about socks. But the second stripy silk sock is being re-knit at a pleasantly fast rate, so I feel a bit more friendly towards them now.
And then, this morning, Issue 47 of Simply Knitting dropped through the letterbox. Not only does it contain a free calendar which features a [...]
These are the silk socks from Simply Knitting Issue 43. Yes, they’re still going!
The first sock, now completed, has two mistakes in it. Well, okay, three if you count the fact that it’s at least two inches longer than my foot.
The second sock… well. Let’s just say that this little heap of curly unravelled silk [...]
Posted in knitting on Sep 6th, 2008
This morning, Issue 46 of Simply Knitting magazine dropped through my letterbox. I was a bit distressed to begin with, as I have so much wool and such an enormous backlog of knitting magazines to read that I almost didn’t want to see anything else that I might want to knit!
Thankfully this feeling soon passed, [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting on Aug 30th, 2008
This week I seem to be absolutely drowning in wool. Not that this is any kind of complaint, you understand!
A friend of mine was having a clearout of her yarn stash, and kindly passed on a few goodies that she thought I might like.
These are two sock yarns. The purple one is by Opal, and [...]
Posted in knitting on Jul 15th, 2008
It can’t be, surely? I haven’t finished knitting the socks from last month’s Simply Knitting, and Issue 44 has just dropped through my door!
Actually it didn’t so much drop through the door as fight with the postman to be wrestled through the letterbox, as the free gift this issue was a set of butterfly clips. [...]
Posted in knitting on Jul 3rd, 2008
I have a confession to make.
I am in love with my new socks. And they’re not even socks yet!
I honestly thought I’d be bored by the monotony of knitting every single row, but the self-striping yarn is absolutely fascinating to watch. How wide will my stripes be? Which colour’s coming next? I also thought I’d [...]
Posted in knitting on Jun 24th, 2008
I would like to take a moment to sing the praises of Get Knitted. I ordered some yarn and needles from them on Friday, and they’ve arrived today. (Tuesday.) Their postage rates were extremely reasonable, and they threw in a free pen and a sweetie!
I ordered from Get knitted because they’re a UK supplier of [...]