A couple of months ago my hair was about shoulder length and had got to that point, catching on my collar and my necklaces enough to be persistantly annoying, but not really long enough to make a good up-do. This, as always, caused me the dilemma: to cut it into a bob again, or to […]
Greta: my alter ego Read More »
I’ve been taking six balls of Paton’s Merino Wool DK around the house into different lights for the past half hour. The wool is left over from a couple if previous projects and I’m fairly sure that there are two different dye lots. I’m trying to ascertain how many balls I have of each before
As promised, a photograph of my Mum wearing her new Goodale* cardigan. As an aside, my phone likes to try to spellcheck Goodale to Good ale. Ha!
Goodale, completed. Read More »
After two years (!) of it languishing in my WIPs, I’m finally finally sewing up and putting the finishing touches to my Goodale cardigan. The reasons it has taken me so long are interesting. I began knitting it whilst pregnant. You know, in the bit between the mad frenzy of making more and more tiny
Finally finishing my Goodale Read More »
Just when you thought that you were on top of your knitting lingo, along comes something else to learn. As a beginner knitter, you might just grab whatever yarn and needles come your way, but soon enough you will come to realise that there are differences in yarn weights and indeed in what they are
Technical Stuff: Yarn Weights Read More »
