What a week. I started a second hat as I didn't have the DPNs to finish the first. I couldn't get them locally so ended up ordering from Amazon so that I could get them next day. Then, I had to stop my second hat as I needed the DPNs to free up the 5mm… Continue reading Friday Roundup #9-19
Category: Knitting
Friday Roundup #8-19
Ok, so it may not be Friday in the UK anymore, but it’s Friday is the US, so this still counts. 🙂 I’ve been much better this past week, back at work and in the mood for knitting. I had picked up some Rico Creative Soft Wool Aran in a lovely soft neutral tone, that… Continue reading Friday Roundup #8-19
Friday Roundup #7-19
Hi there. So, this is a short post today for a couple of interconnected reasons. The first being I have done no crafting to speak of this week. And the reason for that is I have been a poorly guy. I am currently battling a flu virus, I think, although my temperature only spiked one… Continue reading Friday Roundup #7-19
From swatch to Fresh warping
Whilst this past weekend has been moderately busy, I still managed some alone time in the morning to knit up my gauge swatch. I knew as I knitted each row that this was probably not quite right. So after a steam block, and then a soak, I concluded that the gauge was not right. Wrong… Continue reading From swatch to Fresh warping
Friday Roundup #4-19
I finally remembered to take a huge hank of yarn, 1552 metres in fact, to my LYS and get it loaded on the swift and balled up. It sat in my stash for almost a year, looking gorgeous but unusable. The mere thought of having to put it around two chairs and wind by hand… Continue reading Friday Roundup #4-19
