It's grey and damp here, which is pretty much perfect weather for keeping your head down and knitting. Oh hang on, who am I trying to kid? Any weather is just perfect for knitting in my book. This may be the only advantage of being the sort of person who feels cold year-round. With sadness about the fatal fire at work, I confess that I've been craving mindless stitchery as a wee break from that crazy-but-monstrous crochet project. I needed to switch my brain off and work someone else's Continue Reading
“That” Project
Let's talk about that project. That half-finished, half-loved-half-hated one you shoved in a bag somewhere, that only occasionally shows its face to remind you that you still haven't figured out where you went wrong in the pattern repeats, or been able to face another nine inches of seed stitch in lace-weight silk. Every knitter/crocheter, I'll wager, has a project like this. If you can't think of one, it's probably because your version of this project has tortured you so badly that you've Continue Reading