Watercress Leaves Socks – free pattern and tutorial
As you’ll know from earlier posts, I love knitting socks, but sometimes it’s not as straightforward as you’d expect. Have you ever had a ball of yarn that just can’t decide what it wants...
Category: Knitting
The Joy of Socks
I love hand-knitted socks. I love knitting them and I love wearing them. I love the round and round simplicity of plain socks and I love the concentration required for making complicated lacy, patterned...
Finishing off
I don’t know about you, but the first week after a school holiday is always a bit of a jumbled up week for me. It takes me a while to get used to having...
Slowing down the world
We’ve all had that feeling, haven’t we – stop the world, I want to get off! For me, these few days between Christmas and New Year are just that. It doesn’t exactly stop, but...
After the holidays …
It’s always strange after the girls have gone back to school. Our October half-term was a week earlier than lots of schools so we haven’t been able to catch up with friends in different...
Yarndale – a feast for the senses!
Like thousands of other people with more than a passing interest in all things woolly, I headed off to Yarndale this weekend. I went on Sunday which, it would appear, was the best day...
