2026

...and there's another year gone. Attempting to use up or finish oddments. I have around three dozen diamonds left over from knitting blankets, all of five years ago. first experiment is to see if they will fit round a tissue box.

Not long now!

Advent calendars posted off. Evidently the pigs i

n blankets were found amusing.

Made two last minute washcloths and folded them as bears. the museum requested stockings gor a display, so went a bit mad. forgot about loosening tension for Shetland, and the white was much thicker than normal as well, so the pink one came out rather small.

All things tweedy

Getting ahead for Advent

When I'm not knitting ...

I may be crocheting. Or doing sonething with all the corks I accumulate.

One in, one out, one missed!

They say things come in threes - not necessarily all having the same effecf. On Monday bought a Griswold On Tuesday saw a Golden Fleece which was then apparently "not available" On Thursday sold a Cymbal So in the house I have precisely the same number of machines as I did this time last week. And now the exciterent should die down! The Griswold turned out to be good looking, with a slightly unusual four inch diameter, making for tighter socks. The Cymbal was initially rusty with fairly non-essential parts missing which could be garnered from elswhere. The Golden Feece had evidence it knitted rib, but the ribber must have been hiding under the lady's piles and piles of papers and other junk in her tiny bungalow. If she ever finds it....

It's in the bag

I need to design a label for the Japanese Knot Bag with unequal handles. May call it a Knit Knot Bag instead, when soneine said it was ideal as a project bag for packing over one arm with yarn. the same person also requested I made some peg bags again, as she missed out on the first batch. of course, tbe price of the hangers has gone uo now! The photo above may look irrelevant, being a tissue box cover. i was amused to learn that a visitor to the museum asked if she coukd take the tissues out as she just wanted a small bag. Of course, madam, but it will be a very odd shape without its "filling".