So shall we get back to discussing knitting and crochet? That said, I do have lots more 'musical' (I use that word very loosely) tales to tell you about The Purlz, if you'd like to hear them? Anyway, in other yarn-related news... A while ago, the Knitting And Crochet Guild (KCG) ran a competition with lovely Yarn Stories yarn to design knitted/crocheted squares inspired by the KCG historical collection. These squares were for a blanket. This was my entry: a crazy messy knitted hybrid of Continue Reading
Subverting The Medium Of Colourwork
Friday, my fine friend, you have been a long time coming this week. And by the way, ANYONE WHO RECEIVED AN EMAIL NOTIFYING YOU OF A BAG PATTERN POST THAT DOESN'T YET EXIST, PLEASE SEE THE END OF THIS POST! Anyway, the Knitting And Crochet Guild / Yarn Stories competition is closing. Did you enter? Best o' luck if you did. I can't wait to see everyone's entries when they're shown online. For anyone who hasn't seen it, the Knitting and Crochet Guild promotes both crafts within the UK and also Continue Reading
Competition! The Knitting & Crochet Guild
And a very happy Tuesday to you all. May your day be filled with cuddles, blueberries, wine, and some unusually luscious yarn. But here are the serious bits. Happy, but serious. First, do you remember the Stylecraft competition that I co-judged with Sarah from Let's Knit magazine and Lucy from Attic24? Well, I'm finally allowed to talk about the shortlist because it's time for YOU to judge which of the ten colours that we selected should be added to Stylecraft range. We were rather pleased with Continue Reading
Failing At Adulting, Winning At Knitting
I was raised by the Twisted Seniors, parents so virtuous that they always completed the paperwork-of-duty before permitting themselves to indulge in the biscuits-of-liberty, even when nobody was watching. (EDITED TO ADD: But see their response in the comments thread below. :-) ) Their lawn is tidy and their cutlery is arranged alphabetically*. Correspondence is dealt with in a timely manner. They are really very good at adulting; experts, in fact. To my knowledge, they have never once incurred a Continue Reading
Colour For A Winter’s Day
Well thank you for your lovely comments on the Yarn's first problem page. If I can make you smile/guffaw/spew coffee uncontrollably through your nose all over the cat, then my work here is done. Would you like a tissue? Meanwhile, back to the knitting. I was hoping to ta-da (yes that is a verb - as of right now: one of my friends works in new words at the Oxford English Dictionary, so I have unlimited power of neologisms via her) my Yarnstories hat and mitts today, but I haven't quite finished Continue Reading
The Problem Page: Knotty Problems
And now for something completely different. Or, translated into 'Yarn-speak... Fear ye not, my fine furry friends, for there are wonders of much newness to be witnessed here on the Yarn, today. Whilst I've been knitting snuggly mitts with the Yarnstories yarn (exhibit A below - proper 'ta-da' post coming soon).... ...I've also been quietly preparing a new feature for this site, that will be making an appearance from time to time in amongst the usual knitty, crochety, outdoorsy Continue Reading
To The Pub
Evening all. Come sit awhile. You're very welcome here... unless you have cheese: I have a weird phobia of cheese. Please, people, take your cheese away. No, take it further away than that. We've been staying home and shivering quite a bit, the Toddler Twinnage and I, and comforting ourselves with easy bakes such as these apple and sultana muffins (recipe here). Would you like one? And by mid-afternoon it's so chilly that I go to the safe, deep in the oldest part of our brewery Continue Reading