River is finished
All done and very fluffy and soft. There was ALOT of swearing and finger pricking happening yesterday with this. I will be very glad to finish it. It’s the most fiddly bit of … Continue Reading
River is blocking
Finished River last night at midnight! It’s now blocking on the bed. It turned out that I needed to start a 5th ball for four rows! Thank goodness I had it handy. I’m not enamoured … Continue Reading
Madison Bag
This has been frustrating me quite a bit. The pattern called for a heavyweight interfacing, so I bought the heaviest I could find but it’s TOO heavy making it very hard to turn … Continue Reading
Rainy days
Loads of rain today but now we have glorious sunshine! Have been busy knitting and sewing today. Here’s my update on River, just over halfway and another sewing project I’ve had on … Continue Reading
Knitty
I’ve had a good look through the new submissions to knitty and fancy making arisaig, the falling leaves socks and the ella shawl. Jennifer Thurston’s blackberry is great but a bit … Continue Reading
Floating along
I’m officially half way up the River! Woohoo! Not too bad as I’ve only really spent two evenings on it this week. Continue Reading
Tie one on
I’ve been lurking around tie one on for a bit and fancied having a go this month. I have a growing collection of tea towels anyway but found these at Tesco of all places this … Continue Reading
Yummy beads
Am looking for some beads to make some stitch markers and found these Continue Reading
Tropical stripe needle case £7.00
Needle case is 4″ x 3″ with orange and pink felt interior and hand stitching detail. Leave a post with your email if you’re interested. I accept Paypal and UK sterling cheques. … Continue Reading
Along the River!
River is going ok but I’ve had to stop knitting for a couple of days due to ‘knitter’s elbow’! Anybody else get this? I reckon it started up again when I was crocheting the other … Continue Reading