Well goodness, an above-averagely-sized THANK YOU to all 270 of you who entered the KnitPro Royales needle review/giveaway before the gong sounded earlier today.* You left some lovely/funny/witty/kind/interesting comments with your entries, too. And a great big woolly THANKS to KnitPro for providing the awesome prize. (I made cautious enquiries as to whether they'd be prepared to provide 270 prizes so that everyone could have one: they gave me a look that suggested I was pushing my Continue Reading
Want To Win A Set Of Gorgeous Knitting Needles?
Time for a review and another giveaway, I think*. Let's talk about knitting needles. KnitPro (that's Knitter's Pride in North America) are busy expanding their range even further. They sent me samples of two of the new products to review: small (2.25mm) short-length fixed circular Symfonies for socks or sleeves, and this splendid set of Royale interchangeable circulars:- But let's begin with the Symfonies. Many of you will have knitted (or crocheted) with Symfonie needles or hooks at some Continue Reading
KnitPro Zings Review
My fine fibrous friends, may I thank you for your comments on the running post. I know that your recommendation of yoga is wise, but I have an irrational aversion to yoga, much as I respect people who do it. I am not bendy, except in the middle in order to sink melodramatically on to a chaise longue with the back of one hand pressed against my furrowed brow. I do however like the sound of the pursued-by-zombies running app, and will take a peek. So today, the Tyrannical Twinnage started school. Continue Reading