Curly purple yarn - the result of a project being unravelled

Unravelling

Unravelling … such a good word sometimes, and exactly the word for my week. My internet search defined “unravel” as this: 1  undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads).  2  (of twisted, knitted or woven...

A bright blue sky reflected into a canal along with an arch railway bridge which makes circles in the reflections

Spring is … springing!

This week, on 1 March, saw the start of meterological spring in the UK.  It was also St David’s Day in Wales so a belated Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to you!   Meterological spring is...

The sun is shining through a tree onto a garden filled with greenery. The Winwick Mum logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

Monthly Musing – February 2023 – Immortal

Can you remember being a teenager – sixteen, seventeen, eighteen or perhaps even a little bit older – and thinking you knew it all?  That the world was there for the taking and you...

A selection of sock blockers made of wood, acrylic and wire are displayed on a white background

Blocking socks with sock blockers

If you’re knitting socks to be gifted or to photograph for a blog or social media, you might not always want them to look as if they’ve come straight off the needles.  That’s where...

A single purple and white sock with pink cuffs, heels and toes lie on a white background. The sock is party covered by a blue and white checked tea towel

Blocking socks without sock blockers

What do you do if you want to gift a pair of your beautifully hand knitted socks and you want them to look their best but you don’t have any sock blockers?  It’s perfectly...

A pair of socks in purple and white stripes with pink cuffs, heels and toes are on a pair of feet. There's a red rug on the wooden floor and the person wearing the socks is sitting on a brown leather sofa

February gratitude

I’ve got a lot of things to be thankful for.  I try to remember to say thank you for them every day, and some days I am better at remembering than others, but then...