Laura | May 30, 2008
I am a glutton for punishment and have signed up for this again. Yaaaaay
Onto the questionairre:
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I love merino in particular but am quite partial to most things. I haven’t taken any reactions to anything, I [...]
Laura | May 28, 2008
Sock blockers arrived today. They are fantastic. No photos (sorry Gem) because it has been pouring outside and I want to take some artistic ones.
Laura | May 26, 2008
How rare
I felt I should update. Updates have been fairly scarce due to a number of factors – the stress of job hunting and my current job, the lack of knitting and the actual lack of anything exciting in my life at all.
However, that is all changing. I have a new job [...]
Laura | May 4, 2008
Pattern: Branching Out by Susan Pierce Lawrence, from knitty.com Spring 2005
Yarn: Rowan Tapestry, sh172, Antique
Needles: 5mm straights
This was an extremely random knit. The yarn was originally purchased for a claptotis but I didn’t have enough. And then when I bought some more the dye lots were completely different. I remembered that some [...]
Laura | May 3, 2008
I have just joined Summer of Socks 2008 [link may be rather slow - it's busy]. Anyone else joining in? Closing date is 15th May but I suppose anyone can do it without joining the ‘official’ knitalong.
I think it will be a rather nice way to spend my school holidays. And I [...]
Laura | May 1, 2008
Pattern: Uzume by Monkey Toes
Yarn: Jaeger Matchmaker 4ply in some brown colour
Needles: 2.5mm DPNs
This was a Mothers Day knit which was late but I still finished it ages ago. I just haven’t had the time to blog about it yet (sorry, my bad!). And the picture is rather dodgy because my mum had [...]