Knitting
I’m not a fantastic knitter, I get by, but frankly anything other than stocking stitch is a challenge. So, why on earth did I think it would be a good idea to try an aran jumper? After searching the web for hours to learn what C4B and C4F meant, not to mention T3F and T3B, [...]
Trying to design a mug cosy to fit a particular mug (that is quite a bit smaller than the one pictured)…needs a lot more work. In the meantime, I’ve got a nice new cosy to keep my tea warm, which is desperately needed since I keep forgetting I have tea and it’s stone cold by [...]
Having tried and failed spectacularly to spin on a spinning wheel, I purchased a drop spindle spinning starter kit from hilltopkatie and this is the result of two day’s messing with it…it makes me happy although I’m not entirely sure what to do with the resulting 50g of wool? Picture shows the ball of unspun [...]
Over the past few months we’ve had some major renovations done on our house and everything is still in storage until such times as the dust settles and the decorating is complete. In the meantime we’ve had some exciting news that we’re expecting another addition to the fold and I just couldn’t help myself but [...]
Five Green Acres has suggested that we all join her Rumpelstiltskin Challenge and use up all those stash items and finish those unfinished projects. Today I made a dent in my wool stash. This is my new wool basket made from a really long coil of finger knitting, that was made from a ball of [...]
What do you do with a couple of hours to spare and a large ball of chunky wool that honestly you’ve no idea what to make with it? Make a finger knitted scarf of course. I used the whole ball of wool and knitted it over two fingers twice (if that makes any sense), then [...]
Our youngest, who is 4, received a knit it yourself elephant kit for her Christmas. This weekend we set about making it. It’s not yet finished, can you guess why? Her interest was held for all of five rows, which is pretty good for a four year old who really had no idea what the [...]
A couple of years ago I attended a silent auction in the local village hall and was lucky enough to pick up a vintage Singer knitting machine for the princely sum of £5! The lady who had owned the machine told me that it had been in her loft for some time and probably didn’t [...]
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