Tagged: 2023

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...

A partly-knitted purple striped sock with a pink cuff and heel lies on a stone hearth in front of an open fire. Next to it is a bronze light decoration.

Winter Haven KAL 2023 round up

Hello!  Welcome to February!  The Winter Haven KAL has finished now for this year, and I do hope you enjoyed it if you took part.  I have certainly been very glad of my Haven...

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Monthly Musing – January 2023 – Boundaries

“We need to have a conversation about boundaries,” said my husband. Uh oh.  This did not sound like a conversation that was going to be fun. “We need to talk about your boundaries,” he...

Winter Haven KAL 2023 – Week 4

It’s 27 January – the month is almost over!  This is the last of the posts for this year’s Winter Haven KAL; I hope the weeks have passed well for you and that you...