Topic of the Week #2: Magazines

Q: Do you subscribe to any magazines (knitting or otherwise)? Or do you prefer to purchase magazines at the newstand? Do you subscribe online to any knitting magazines/newsletters? What does a knitting magazine need to have to catch your fancy and get you to fork out that well-earned cash?
I’ve been a long time subscriber to [...]

Only two clues behind

I’m really enjoying the Spring Shawl Surprise and am two rows away from the end of the second clue (why am I sitting here, maybe I should go finish it). I’m really enjoying it and it is a challenging knit. I’m especially liking the birdseyes since I made my wedding veil out of them it’s [...]

Topic of the Week #1: Knit-Years Resolutions

Excellent ,topics from the UK swap to post on… that’s not cheating is it.
I didn’t really make any resolutions this year so maybe I should make some now.
Knitting resolutions – organise the stash and actually figure out what I have. I know there is some nice Alpaca blend sock yarn and a skein of Koigu [...]

Socktopus Sock Goodies

Better late than never… I’ve been loving these for the last month when they dropped through my door. This is my first Socktopus Sock Club kit. The sock is called Karenina by Jane Lithgow and the yarn is 4 ply Sock: Merino Cashmere from The Knittery. I’ve finished my first sock except for [...]

I’m back….

I’m back from a great trip back to Calgary to see my family and it was great to see everyone and catch up on my sleep. I’m still downloading photos from the camera but will update them when they make sense. The backpack luckily did shut in the end probably thanks to my Knitpicks order arriving [...]