It’s finished!
I’m so glad to finally finish this jumper. With it I’ll be rid of a few knitting demons which had accumulated as I struggled to remember what size needles I’d done the first sleeve on, find my cable...
View ArticlePangolin Potato Prints
This morning I made Christmas cards. I decided that I wanted to make cards this year, but for it to be fun, as opposed to a lot of time fretting over them. So the answer.. printing.. specifically,...
View ArticlePangolin Christmas cards – finishing touches
Happy New Year! But before I start on 2013 projects, here are the finishing touches from an old one. Yes, yes, I know it’s bad luck to keep the Xmas decs up, but here are some pictures of the finished...
View ArticleKnitting isn’t therapeutic when..
..you realise that you’ve made the sleeve too narrow and have to unravel ten inches of otherwise perfectly fine work. Grr.
View ArticleYesterday’s News, Tomorrow’s Knitting
I’m putting my new drop spindle to good use, starting with spinning yesterday’s news. I picked up a Metro, the free London paper that settles in a grey layer over the floor of the Underground train...
View ArticleThe Weekend
This weekend I helped out at my local community centre’s Midsomer Mill Garden Fete. With the theme of Midsummer Murders in mind, I put on my most saccharine sweet flowery dress (no pictures of...
View ArticleBird printed tea towels
Our lino cuts at the William Morris Society came out so well I’ve been using them to print tea towels to sell in the gift shop. The fabric is medium-weight Belarusian linen, bought on one of my trips...
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