Knitting and crochet are like food for the soul. Just like real food, they can satisfy, intrigue, nourish, challenge, and comfort. And just like with food, you can crave different things when in different moods. I've been plugging away at designing the big-secret-crochet-house-project (which is n-e-a-r-l-y finished), but tonight, forget all that: I need simple, warm, comfort-knitting. And I need somebody else's pattern, so that I don't have to think too much. So I'm back on my other project: Continue Reading
We Have A Winner!
And........................ STOP! Please put down your pens. (Just re-traumatising anyone who's ever taken an exam, there.) The Burrow And Soar giveaway is now closed. Thank you muchly to absolutely everyone who entered, you indie-yarn-lovers, you. So, shall we have a look at the results? There were 233 entries - wa-hey! (173 people made the 185 comments on the blog post, and 60 people commented on Facebook. 173+60=233, number-fans.) I reduced each and every one of you fine fibrous folks to Continue Reading
Yarn Giveaway!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTRIES. RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A BLOG POST SHORTLY. Who'd like to win some beautiful hand-dyed yarn, regardless of where in the world you're knitting/hooking? And for those not quite lucky enough to win, who'd like a stonking great discount off said yarn? Do I perchance hear a 'yes' at the back, there? OK, well first let me tell you a little about the yarn in question, because I realize that you're too discerning to grab at any Continue Reading