End of the year

Boredom leads to creativity. Since Christmas have made two pairs of gloves and one pair of mittens largely on the machine. Looking back on the year, I see I upheld my resolve not to do so many events - wasn't invited to so mamy anyway! It will be the year of the machine visits though - Leicester, Shima Seika and Swifts. What a contrast. And resolutions for 2018? Just to chug along, I suppose.

The 19th of December

Yesterday will go down as one of the highlights of 2017. I visited J Alex Swift's sock factory in Hathern. Too much to write here, but the best thing was being able to bring away three different types of Argyle socks. Handcranked on a Griswold, machine made on English Charnwood machine and Italian Sangicomo. Pix show inside and outside. Heaven.

Dear me, it's December

As I write this, I am waiting for the Big Snow. I am knitting yet another pair of top down mittens, this time with a smaller 1 over 1 twist cable. It should have been a wide cable sideways knitted cuff, but I decided there was no way I could join that on neatly. Finished up with an applied I-cord bind-off. Hmm, if I can do I-cord sideways, why can't I knit sideways? Christmas Event at Rudd last weekend was their most successful ever. Nice to be a part of it. Only knitted seven Christmas scarves with visitors, but toasted many more crumpets over the fire. On 1st December released details about Going Round in Circles in Kegworth Sock Machine Extravaganza Encounter Eighteen. Bookings already up to 22 - my break-even point is 21.37, so hurrah! Later - had about three inches of snow on the Sunday. Lasted through Monday. So made footstool cover on the machine. The bag of sock yarn leftovers is at last going down.