The BBC weatherman reliably informed me, with a cheery smile, a couple of days ago that February is always the coldest month of the British year. If you’d asked me, I would have said January, but this past week has proved him right. It has been bitter, with snow to boot. We live on the […]
Of Garden Parties, not Snow. Read More »
The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design by Shannon Okey, Cooperative Press: 2010. The Knitgrrl Guide is a very useful reference book to keep handy for all (newer) designers, as it is really the only one that specifically deals with the business end of knitwear design. If you’re looking for a book to help you
Review: The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design Read More »
It has been freezing cold these past few days and we’ve even had a dusting of snow. I have recently been part of a knitting swap and as if by fate, right on the first day of the really cold weather a parcel was delivered (by a postman wearing shorts, but we’ll say no
Mittens; thank you! Read More »
The latest issue of Simply Knitting magazine has just hit the shops, and I have another column therein about how I do my textile history research. This time, I was finding out about the wartime knitting scheme run by London Transport. It was a fascinating area to look in to, and I always like writing
A little departure from the norm for me with a small audio recording. When I awoke from a seizure today I found that I had recorded this a little earlier (but didn’t remember doing so). Sometimes I leave myself a note about what happened in the couple of hours previously, but this time there was
Some pre-ictal ramblings on knitting and trains. Read More »
