A condition of my Dad’s impending retirement is that he must, of course have a sleeveless jumper to wear to celebrate this milestone… and to look properly retired, you know? I was given the instruction that it must be a sludgy colour, not too thick and with ‘none of that fancy nonsense’. This was later […]
Making Monday: Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like its 1965 Read More »
Following Natalie at the Yarn Yard‘s great idea, I’m going to be blogging each Monday about making. This past weekend I have been finishing off and resolving a couple of big ongoing projects and thinking a lot about making (which in fact is the subject of a whole other blog post which will be forthcoming).
Making Monday, the first. Read More »
A clever piece of marketing for the opening of Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London, (via The Hairpin) This is a great video of two dancers, male and female, with a myriad of costume changes showing the changing fashions in Britain since 1911. I particularly like the piece reflecting the Second World War which
100 Years of What Britain Wore Read More »
It has certainly been an eventful couple of weeks here at Knittist Towers. I clumsily tripped over an out-of-alignment cat igloo and having unthinkingly put my arm out to catch my fall, found that my wrist really hurt. To cut a long story short, I had sustained a hairline fracture in my scaphoid bone i.e.
A couple of weeks ago, Giles and I became engaged 😀 This isn’t the ring that he proposed with: that was a very sugary yellow and orange jelly-sweet ring! It will never be eaten but shall forever remain in it’s little box. I love both of my engagement rings equally, but on reflection think that
