I've been taking a week off from any yarn work until Thursday, when I got twitchy fingers and needed to cast on or start something. I know, I shall add a square to my blanket using some Baby Blossom Chunky from Hayfield. I quickly realised I had cast on too many and it was wider… Continue reading Friday Roundup #3-19
Category: FO
A Shawl Finished
Well, I managed to block my finished shawl on Saturday. Because there is not much natural fibre in the yarn, it dried quite quickly. It’s weird how the colour is different outside to indoors from early morning to midday. When I first took a picture, the outside ones were almost lavender coloured and there is… Continue reading A Shawl Finished
Vendredi Réunir #14 (Friday Roundup)
Bonsoir, mon amies. Comment vas tu? As-tu à bon semaine? While the weather has not been the nicest every day of our holiday, we have had some good days in between and been out on the bikes, dogs in tow in a trailer, kids pointing and ‘oohing’ at seeing them whizzing along behind me. And… Continue reading Vendredi Réunir #14 (Friday Roundup)
To thumb or not to thumb
Ok. So, would be great to get some advice from you readers. Two hand warmers made. Foundation HDC to start, followed by rounds of HDC joined with a slip stitch. All great. I was thinking to just add some slip stitch around the edge of the thumb hole to neaten it, but thought to maybe… Continue reading To thumb or not to thumb
Emergency Crochet
Well, if you watch the weather reports for France and other parts of Europe, will know that it’s not exactly the warmest at the moment. It’s still nice to be away and a break from work, but I was hoping for something in the early teens for temperature. Not 5 or 6C. I didn’t really… Continue reading Emergency Crochet
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