Crochet · work in progress

Friday Roundup #13-19

Fail to plan, plan to fail - that’s what they say isn’t it? It’s very true in anything yarn based certainly. You find a pattern you like. You dig in your stash for the yarn. And you think, ok should be enough. As you work through the pattern, you keep a careful eye on the… Continue reading Friday Roundup #13-19

Knitting · work in progress

Trial Jumper

Nearly forgot to share my progress on the trial men’s size jumper I am making. This is my test case if you like, before I go into a proper, got to be good effort jumper using my higher cost yarn. About 6 inches done I didn’t do much last week or this weekend, with focus… Continue reading Trial Jumper

Knitting · Stashbusting · work in progress

Friday Roundup #11-19

Finally the weekend arrived and I am rather tired. It was a busy week with work as I was away for two days, so no jumper knitting whilst away. I just wouldn’t get the time. It ended up being a very late night. Or some might have considered it very early morning when some of… Continue reading Friday Roundup #11-19

General Topics · Knitting · Local Yarn Store · LYS · Simple hats · work in progress

Friday Roundup #9-19

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

Knitting · work in progress

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