Category: Knitting

Looking out across a canal from a bridge. The water is very still, there are trees on both sides and grey clouds above. It's raining and you can see it splashing in the water

On the last day of September

I can’t tell you how many years I’ve been singing that line of the song about the Big Ship which sailed on the Ally Ally Oh to myself on 30 September, but it’s been...

A view of blue sky and sunshine through the trees on an Autumn morning

Autumn equinox

It’s the Autumn equinox today, the day when the astrological Autumn begins and the sun crosses the celestial equator.  It might feel as if it’s a bit late as meterological Autumn began on 1...

A knitted sock in pale pastel stripes lies next to the half-knitted second sock and the ball of yarn on a pink checked duvet cover

Slow Sunday

Hello to you, how is your week going?  It’s an odd one this week, isn’t it?  “A mixture of the usual and the extraordinary,” I heard it called on the radio and it is,...

A pad of writing paper with a pink and blue cover lies on a table. On top of the pad is a clear plastic pencil case filled with pens and next to it on the table is a blue lanyard with the word "student" printed on it

A new routine

September has long felt like the start of a new year for me, and this year has been no different. Not so small daughter has started college, school runs have finished for us as...

Four knitted socks in sizes from large to baby are hanging on a mantelpiece decorated with Christmas greenery and fairy lights. Each of the socks is a different style but all are knitting in WYS Gingerbread yarn

Gingerbread – WYS Christmas 2022 yarn

In what has become a tradition almost as eagerly as awaited as the Christmas TV programmes schedule, the WYS Christmas sock yarn for 2022 has been released!  Hooray!  West Yorkshire Spinners have been producing...

A model wearing a yellow short sleeved t-shirt and a pink checked skirt sits on a wire-framed chair and is admiring a pair of orange and yellow colourwork socks on her feet. Her expression is happy surprise

Happy Feet – brand new sock patterns!

What makes for happy feet?  New socks, of course! 🙂 Oh, this has been one BIG secret to keep because not only are there new sock patterns to tell you about, but there’s new...

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