I am not one of those people who says things like “everything happens for a reason” or “things always work out for the best.” I think the world has far too many just plain awful things that happen to try to hold to this narrative. Do good things sometimes arise… Read More »Sometimes things work out
That’s my excuse for the time between posts. I never had any intention of taking the time to post while visiting AwesomeE and my folks last weekend, but I sort of thought I’d post sometime this week. But here we are Saturday, and I’ve only got time for a quick… Read More »Jet lag sucks…
Get Lots done on Shawl: Check! I spent most of my plane knitting time working on this lovely item. It now looks like this: I am several rows into the first set of charts and second section of the shawl. Finish Socks Achieved! I even wore them yesterday, though hidden… Read More »Best Laid Plans…
Blog post brought to you from Heathrow Airport as I wait for my flight to the US. Headed to one of our company offices for several days of work meetings, but then going to visit family and friends including AwesomeE for a few days before I fly back to Germany.… Read More »Headed to the States again
I have a pair of socks I’ve been working on for a while. You may remember I started them in May… Somewhere over the summer I finished the first one so by the time I left for Shetland I was on the second one: But let’s be honest – four… Read More »Funny how that works…
For a little while anyways. My projects and stash have been getting a bit out of hand: multiple projects sharing a bag along with random skeins of yarn, fiber still in the bag it was mailed to me, towers of fluff threatening to topple onto the closet floor, coffee table… Read More »Craft Chaos Conquered
I bought a knitting belt at Shetland Wool Week, and this past week I’ve been giving it a go. If you aren’t familiar, it’s an oval shaped leather pad (mine is about 3.5in wide and 8in long) stuffed with horsehair. The front has holes in it for your needles and… Read More »Learning to knit again: adventures with a knitting belt
I’m nearing the end of my lovely yellow Dionne Shawl in Lolabean Yarn Co “Not so Mellow Yellow” yarn. I have finished the knitting, with just weaving in ends and blocking left to do. I didn’t quite make the full 6 vertical repeats, but it should be large enough. It’s… Read More »Some more thoughts on the BIPOCMAL2019
If you remember, one of the classes I took at Shetland Wool Week was “Quotidian Colourwork with Felicity Ford.” During the class we got started on swatches of our designs, and learned how to iterate on our first pass at a design. The 3hr class was nowhere near enough time… Read More »Stranded Colorwork Flowers
Or “Woolies prove their value” Friday October 4th was our big hiking day. We really had our fingers crossed that the weather would cooperate and all would go well. We wanted to do a proper hike in Wales, but for a variety of reasons, this didn’t work out. We’d started… Read More »North Face of Ben Nevis
