Category: Knitting

An ominous-looking sky of dark clouds above a roof top

Weather warnings

Hello, and here we are again – another weekend and another storm whatever-it’s-called has wreaked havoc across the country.  We have so many of these storms these days, don’t we?  I hope that you...

Christine is sitting on the bottom step of the staircase putting on a pair of pink, blue, green, purple and yellow striped socks. There is a pair of brown boots on the wooden floor next to her.

Socks, more socks, and a Hiya Hiya needle review

Hello, and how are you doing?  I thought that just for a change, I would talk to you about socks ( 🙂 ) and I’ve got quite a lot to talk about this week!...

A green, blue and yellow striped sock with a red Christmas tree marker sits on a table next to a grey cup of tea, a grey pottery milk jug, a tea pot and a small card with more stitch markers attached

Sunday afternoon

Hello, hello, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend!  I’m a bit later in posting this than I have been recently – I do aim for Fridays but sometimes, the weeks don’t work out...

A single pink rose against a background of snowy leaves

December

It’s here!  The last month of the year and in just a few short weeks, it’s going to be a whole new year.  It’s really quite incredible, isn’t it? It snowed on Sunday.  I...

Dame Zandra Rhodes stands against a pink background that matches the colour of her hair. She is wearing a hand knitted wrap cardigan in shades of pink and blue.

Make a Statement – WYS x Zandra Rhodes collection

Earlier this year, I was chatting to my friends at West Yorkshire Spinners. “We’re really excited that we’re going to be working with an iconic designer this year,” they said.  “Would you like to...

A partly-knitted sock sits on a cream project bag next to a car gear stick.

“Why won’t this thing shut?!”

There has been a disaster on the Emergency Sock front. If you’ve been reading my posts through October (Blogtober) then you’ll have read about my Emergency Sock which is Basic 4ply Sock that lives...