that I would like to order a new set of the rainbow coloured Knitpicks Harmony double pointed needles because I’d like to see if they’d make good hair sticks? I’m not entirely keen on knitting with anything other than metal, but wood and bamboo have their place. It’s just, they’re pretty. And DPNs, in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Musings'
Oh, hand-dyed sock yarn…why do you mock me so?
April 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Musings
Ok, I wanted to knit chevron socks. I had that Lorna’s Laces yarn I wanted to do something else with…perfect. So, I cast on and started knitting this: Lovely…but I couldn’t get it over my heel. Even though my gauge was fine! So I begrudgingly tore it all out and cast on with more stitches. [...]
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Just in time….
September 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Musings, Update
One year ago today, I started this blog. I think I’ve had quite a lot to say in the past year, and it’s made me realise just how far I’ve come in that time. Not only in knitting, but in life too. I’m really glad I stuck with this idea, and I hope to continue [...]
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A lesson on colour accuracy…
August 14th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Musings
Well, I’m a little disillusioned. This is the yarn I ordered from Knipicks – Elegance in the Wild Rose colourway (70% baby alpaca, 30% silk). Now, that looks beautiful, but here we have the picture with the flash, which is mostly what it looks like: This is a picture in the natural light – much [...]
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What I’ve been up to…
August 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Finished Objects, Musings
Well, I did go on holiday for a week, so that is a good reason not to have posted…but the rest of the time it’s been a combination of business and laziness. So here goes…I made two shining star hats for my friends’ kids. Both little girls, but one of them is not into the [...]
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First rows…
May 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Musings
First rows are always the most painful of any project. So, why would any pattern suggest a lace stitch that involves putting the needle through three loops at a time on the FIRST row? Well, I did try…got through three repeats before I decided it wasn’t worth the struggle. Instructions be damned, I’m starting on [...]
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Moebius Scarf
May 9th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Finished Objects, Musings
This was an impromptu project. The pattern was in Simply Knitting, April 2006 issue. The clever thing about this Moebius is that it wasn’t knitted and then grafted in a twist…it’s actually knitted in a twist using a special cast-on technique. It was lots of fun! The yarn is Lorna’s Laces Lion and Lamb in [...]
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April 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Musings
I haven’t updated in a while. This is not because I have stopped knitting. I am currently studying for my bastard exams. I would expect normal service to return once said bastard exams are over. In knitting news, I made an impromptu baby hat that I made up as I went along. I took pics [...]
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First ever eBay yarn
February 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Musings
I won 5 skeins of this on eBay. Katrina, although completely synthetic, is the softest, bounciest, prettiest yarn I have ever seen. My mother made my sister a shrug from this for Christmas and it was just impossible to stop stroking it. So, this will either be a tank top or a beach cover up…I [...]
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For once, a major update!
February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments · Musings, Update
I have finally spent time altering the appearance of the blog! I’m a little happier with it now, but I’m sure I could do better. Give it time… Copy-pasting the source code into Word so that it is searchable made things LOADS easier too. So, things are moving along nicely! Anouk has been bumped from [...]
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