Archive for the 'General' Category

Dear Diary

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Life has been hectic but in a good way. My sock club is up and running and participants got their first installment (called Toasty) this week:

And I’m busy working on the second and third installments.
 
I became an auntie! She was a wee bit early (6 weeks) but she’s done very well and was able to [...]

Sock Clubbing

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Camp was great! Lots of knitting time but my actual output was small - this twined knitting lark is tough going. And because I’m that kind of difficult person I decided to jump in the deep end by twining with two colours - four ends, twisting, concentration and very slow knitting ensued. My two colour [...]

Off to Camp

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

This weekend I’m off to “Knitting Camp” for some exploration of Twined Knitting. It’s forecast to rain all weekend here so it seems an ideal weekend to huddle inside playing with yarn. The company will be superb and I can be all knit-geeky without getting strange looks from non-fibre obsessed individuals.

 
I’ve dyed up some z-twist [...]