I have made an HTML version of the wristwarmer pattern. I realised how it can annoy me to have to open a PDF when I just want to look at a pattern. I’ve also had a couple of emails in the past year (where did the time go?!) from people having problems opening [...]

Rose’s Wrist Warmers from BBC’s Doctor Who
Materials: 2 balls Peru DK Luxury Alpaca (70% merino, 20% alpaca, 10% silk) , 200 yards
Set of 4 dpns, US size 4, or 36″ circular needle (for magic loop, if preferred) cable needle, tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Gauge: 20 sts stockinette in the round = 3 inches [...]

Well I still have a long way to go in getting this right, but I’m very pleased with how these two turned out. I don’t intend to name my yarn - I don’t “do” names. If I start dyeing more often, I’ll give them names that are indicative of the colours represented, but [...]

This is my second-ever attempt at dyeing yarn. This time, I didn’t go for the immersion method - oh no, I had to go for another more difficult technique. One part of my personality you may glean from this blog is that I tend to dive into things headfirst. So far, in [...]

Yay! I finally cast off this part earlier today!

And here’s a closeup of the hip increases, because I think they’re lovely:

Now, I’ve started on the left sleeve…can’t wait to get this done! I should probably also mention that it fits very nicely too! I was worried about the cast-off being too tight, [...]

Well I had a crazy couple of months, but now I’m back. I really wish I wasn’t so lazy sometimes - the main thing that holds me back from posting is taking pictures! This post is sadly sans photos but expect some soon.
My Simple Knitted Bodice is coming along nicely - it was [...]