What? What? More Christmas makes? Well... yes. Because now that the TheTwistedYarn has turned on the festive ideas tap, it just won't stop dripping. Somebody call a plumber. So, assuming that the easy-to-knit Christmas trees were on the favourable side of tolerable, here's another easy decorative knit for Christmas. I'm deliberately creating the simplest, most beginner-oriented designs, involving nowt more taxing than a garter stitch square. And in case even that sounds daunting to complete Continue Reading
Christmas decorations
Oh all right, I admit it, but only grudgingly. Christmas is almost upon us. 'Tis the season of curmudgeonly old grumps like me cheering up. I need to stop knitting housey stuff and apply my mind to gifts, and guests, and grub. Actually, the grub's covered because the stoic spouse is already engaged in his annual mission to source the best turkey in Western Europe. But I do need to think about the rest of it. We have a tree! I've put it up in the slobbing-around-room next to the kitchen, Continue Reading