The Knitting Reference Library event at the Hambledon in Winchester was a great success last weekend. We sat, we knitted, we chatted, we taught, we all started our Christmas shopping from the Hambledon’s stock, but most importantly we got the word out about the KRL. Here are a few pictures of the proceedings:
…and I even taught someone to crochet Read More »
Just to let you know that The Knitting Reference Library will be at The Hambledon in Winchester on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November. I will be there on Friday so do come along and say hello! We will have books, patterns and the Knitting Collections Guide. There will also be spare needles and
KRL at The Hambledon Read More »
The Last Knit: When knitting becomes an obsession. Directed by Laura Neuvonen, from Finland. 2005. Can you go a day without knitting?
Passion or Obsession? Read More »
Blimey, lots has been happening this week. Much of it brainstorming, drawing, researching and article writing. Oh, and quite a bit of plodding along with powerpoint, making slides for a talk that I’m giving next week about my master’s dissertation. But there was some knitting too… I’ve been on a real push lately getting more
Brooches and brain work Read More »
Sometimes a whole lot of similar ideas come out at once, independently of one another. I’ve been thinking for a while about crowdsourcing tweets to make a knitting pattern. I’d flip a coin to tell me to knit or purl but receive the rest of the instructions from my twitter followers. It’s something which I’ve
Making it up as you go along… Read More »
