Category: Knitting

Herons and socks

After that title, you might have been hoping for a post about tall grey birds wearing hand-knits, in which case I’m sorry to disappoint you.  There are herons and socks in this post –...

Wednesday

Today is, I have been reliably informed by big daughter who knows about these things, “hump day”.  It sounds vaguely rude to me, but according to the Collins Dictionary it’s the middle of the working...

Slow days

Well hello!  How are you on this fine February weekend?  Before I do anything else, I must say a HUGE thank you for all your lovely comments on the Easy Cable Socks.  I’m so...

Easy Cable socks tutorial … getting started

I’m nearly ready to share my new sock tutorial with you, but before I do, I want to talk a bit about what my tutorials are going to be about this year. It’s been...

Paddling furiously

You’ll have seen the swans at the park, gliding serenely across the lake and looking as if they’re absolutely in control of everything that’s going on.  Underneath the water, however, they’re paddling furiously –...

Mid-January

Well, here we are in the middle of January already.  We haven’t seen much of the sun this week, but we have seen a lot of clouds and drizzly rain.  It’s not even particularly...