Category: Knitting

Counting down

With less than a week to go before Yarndale, I’d love to tell you that everything’s all ready here at Winwick Mum HQ and I’m putting my feet up before a wonderfully busy, yarny...

It’s all about the socks

It’s been quite a while since I wrote a post that was about nothing but socks – but here it is!  I’ve got plenty to tell you about yarns and knitted socks, so get...

Summer things

Small daughter came back from a week at an international Scout and Guide camp on Saturday, and I seem to have been washing and ironing ever since.  She only took one rucksack but I...

Jogging along

After another sunny weekend, it’s overcast and drizzly here this morning and I am not complaining at all!  I seriously can’t remember the last time we had such a continuous run of sunny weather...

Dried out

Wow, it’s been hot hot HOT! We’re not used to this sort of heatwave in the UK; usually we get a couple of days of sunshine, the newspapers print headlines like “Phew, what a...

No-nylon sock yarn review: Whistlebare Cuthbert’s Sock

It’s been far too long since I last wrote a no-nylon sock yarn review so it’s time to put that right.  These socks are knitted in Whistlebare Cuthbert’s Sock and I’ve been wearing them...