Gosh, you are a lovely lot. Would you like an update on Mary's blanket? If you search deep amongst the comments on the last post, you'll notice a long and heart-warming response by one Mary Megarry. Executive summary: I THINK SHE LIKES THE BLANKET! Phew. I just hope it brings her a little comfort as she goes through the long process of recuperation. Anyway, onwards - at terrifyingly high speed - towards Christmas. Terrifying at least for those of us who aren't good at getting prepared Continue Reading
Washing And Blocking
So this post is coming to you from the sofa, where I've spent much of the past couple of days aching all over and hacking a cough that could've come right out of a Dickens novel. (Melodramatic, moi?) I do seem to be throwing these lurgies off more quickly since I began the four-times-a-week-running torture though, so I hope this thing will be gone soon, because it's no fun feeling too ill to knit. (Also it's no fun running four times per week, so I'd hate to think that it wasn't serving any Continue Reading
Cutting a steek, and blocking your knitting
(I know, I promised part two of previous post. But a stinking cold has interfered. It's coming.) So, the knitted blog header is knitted. Just need to crochet some flowers for its edge. I thought I'd share a few photos of the knitting/steeking/blocking process with you, though, because not so very long ago words such as 'steek' terrified me, and words such as 'blocking' confused me, and I want to prove to anyone similarly anxious that like pretty much anything in knitting, it's not actually Continue Reading