The Katia Azteca has arrived! Wheeee! It feels surprisingly light and soft. But I chose it because of its rich colour variegation... and the need to not spend completely insane amounts on yarn that is, after all, just for a picture. So now I can begin the header for this blog. Today I knitted a quick swatch - nothing to do with gauge because it's not as though I'll be wearing the thing - but I was worried about whether background and foreground are sufficiently in contrast. All I can say is... Continue Reading
Archives for November 2013
Seasonal perplexity
Yes, this blog really is primarily about knitting/crochet for my home, but it's taking (too) many days to knit/crochet us and our converted brewery house. Please bear with me. Housey finished objects will start appearing soon. But the twinnage needs some clothes:- Also, the Katia Azteca for the blog header still hasn't arrived. In the meantime, I offer you some non-knitty vegetative houseyness. We've got vegetative seasonal perplexity disorder here, and we've got it bad. Examples: Continue Reading
Stash
Now, I'm about to write something that will alienate about 105% of the fibre community. Please don't hate me. I'm fairly nice, really. You might even like me if we met at a party. Here's the thing, though: I don't understand the concept of stash. No, that wasn't a typo. I meant it. I. Don't. Understand. Stash. Yes, yarn is beautiful. Yarn is lovely. Yarn is squishable. Yarn is comforting. Yarn inspires possibilities. And yes, if someone popped round tomorrow to fill my house with Continue Reading
Work: another world
When not exploring with sticks 'n' string or twin-wrangling, I'm a clinical psychologist on an acute ward (the psychiatric equivalent of A&E - that's ER in North American parlance I think?) Truly, it's another world. A very sobering world, that makes me feel guilty for writing such a frivolous blog. But is it entirely frivolous? True, I joke and play here, but there's a serious side too. Many of us (me included) are profoundly affected by our environments. A hint of growth, a touch of Continue Reading