I Dyed… but I got better

I had a great day today dying at Eileen’s place. I settled on Logwood for the laceweight I need to do the Estonian Potpourri Shawl and it has come out a beautiful purple. We had fun experimenting and used Avacado (kind of gold, need to try again to see if we can get reds and [...]

Secret Pal 12 Questionnaire

Here is my Secret Pal 12 Questionnaire (It’s in the Swaps Questionnaire page as well)
What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely not like? I’m on a sock yarn kick at the moment but I’m also a laceweight fan and as I want to learn to dye I’m interested [...]

Workshops, and wool, and progress.. oh my

Had a great day today at the Debbie Abrahams workshop at Kangaroo. I refreshed all my knitting math and I’m much more confident with the idea of designing/adapting for myself now. I did treat myself to her new book Design Your Own Knits in 5 easy steps as it looks to be a great reference [...]

Bank holiday fun

Great start to the bank holiday weekend, we went up to London yesterday to the For Your Eyes Only exhibition at the Imperial War museum. Great exhibition for the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth. Afterwards we walked along the South bank back to London Bridge station to come home.

Where did I put the rest of my shawl???????

I think I need to do some spring cleaning over the long weekend. I’ve picked up my Hap Shawl again and have got to a colour change in the border…it’s been resting for a few months though and I’m not sure where I put the rest of the wool for it. I guess that means [...]

Sleepovers, Mr Darcy (at last), and Barbara Walker…

I’ve recovered and caught up on my sleep from last weeks slumber party up in London. Alice had a sock knitters meetup on Friday night with a Slumber Party on Saturday evening. I even had a go with dying some of my Wonderwool stash at Diane’s on Saturday morning followed by a picnic in the [...]

Back from Wonderwales with many Wooly Things

Well I’m back from Wonderwool (and since I’ve been a lazy Blogger also back from the Bank Holiday in Devon) having brought back many lovely things.
It was a great trip down with some of my knitting buddies and a great time visiting a friend who moved to Wales last year. At the show I ran [...]