Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Watch this space

Attempting a couple of competition entries ...

Saturday, 3 January 2026

2026

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...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.

Thursday, 11 December 2025

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.

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Saturday, 18 October 2025

Sunday, 28 September 2025

When I'm not knitting ...

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

Sunday, 24 August 2025

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....