Distractions

So I’m supposed to have finished writing up the pattern of Nudibranch to give to Jean so that she can test knit it for me.
Have I done so? Nope. I have been thoroughly distracted by Grumperina’s blog, specifically, the lovely lacey hat she has been making. I recently bought the two books of [...]

Knitting Olympics: Team Scotland

Yes, I know that we don’t compete as a nation in the Real Thing, but the thought of a Knitting Olympics without a Team Scotland seems a bit odd to me.

So, for the purposes of discussion, here are my initial criteria for membership of Team Scotland (tick at least one):

You were born in Scotland
You live [...]

Thank you, Flanders and Swann

Twas on a Monday morning that the gas man came to call….
In my case it was Sunday, but we’ll stretch the point a little.
To summarise:Due to some deconstructive vandalism, I have been patching up the plaster in the Ladies’ loo. Just as I was about to start painting the walls, I noticed another bit [...]

I know I’m being unrealistic

But everyone’s allowed to dream a little.
In my stash I have some burgundy Kidsilk Haze. I had planned to make Summer in Kansas when I bought it, and even bought the pattern from America at the time. That was several years ago, and I’m starting to wonder if lace shawl knitting is something [...]

The windy city

As Jean will tell you, Edinburgh can be very breezy indeed. Today it was both windy and cold which made my trip rather shorter than I had hoped. I didn’t manage to do most of the shopping I’d half planned, but did get some useful information out of the SLTA seminar on what [...]

Splish splash

Although in my case it was a swim, rather than a bath. Only 20 25m lengths in about 15 minutes, but I’m trying to schedule this 90 min outing into my week, just to get a break from the hotel. It’s funny how some songs seep into the national memory, and even if [...]

Well I never….

I have a volunteer to test-knit my next pattern: Nudibranch (see previous postings) just as soon as we’ve both finished our current busy-ness.
Jean, thank you so much. This may just be the incentive I need to find the time to get the pattern written out properly. I do need to knit it again [...]

Happy Dance

KnittingThe first version of Chantelle knitted by someone other than me is complete! As it has now officially been test-knitted, I have put the pattern up for sale at the Knitting Vault. We’ll see how my idea of appealing tallies with the rest of the knitting world’s.
Next, to write up the pattern [...]

Man-bear (yeti?)

KnittingAs promised, pictures of the faceless, earless teddy-to-be:
As you can see, it’s rather hard to tell that it’s supposed to be a bear, but perhaps this picture will help a little (it’s also closer to the real colour on my monitor):
I am putting off sewing on the ears and face for the simple reason that [...]

The twelfth day of Christmas

And that is a scary thing, because the last time I posted was on the big day itself.
Life started to return to normal for January yesterday: freezing fog, an empty pub, and a list of to-do’s that I despair of ever completing. I did get out for a walk, although it was more of a [...]