Another week over and now it’s February. Yesterday, Thursday night, we had snow, but not too much and it was all gone by the evening. We were lucky; others less so where they were strand3d on the roads in Cornwall/Devon. This week, my new needles arrived, so I am hoping to get started on my… Continue reading Friday Roundup #5-19
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
Baby Vest update…
Well, I finished the vest yesterday. I just need to add an appropriate button. It was quite an easy project, although I managed to add an extra knit stitch on the button banding. I ripped most of it back on the upper band, but left a bit on the lower as it will be hidden… Continue reading Baby Vest update…
Friday Roundup #3-19
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
Hook This, Weave That 