Hey all. How is everyone holding up? In my patch of the world we are on our way back into a second Covid-19 lockdown, as restrictions have toughened significantly after numbers have sky rocketed. I’ll spare you the details of the incompetence of our government […]
Tag: work in progress
Summer Days
Hi all, How is everyone doing? Personally, I haven’t been feeling great, with everything going on everywhere. I mean, 2020 is just the year that keeps on giving in absolutely every way isn’t it? I suppose it is more remarkable if you haven’t been affected […]
Waking up With Bird Songs
Hey all. Summer has arrived in the year that is already a decade long. It’s the season of waking up with bird song through open windows. I thought I would come here and write a bit about what’s going on my end of the screen […]
Checking in
Hey all, I wanted to see how you all are and tell you how I am and how I’ve been coping in these strange, strange times. (And I also wanted to give those of you who follow my blog via a blog reader the chance […]
What’s happening next?
“Never again.”. A four day and 200 kilometre long walk has just finished in my home town. According to a lady on the bus, a local newspaper had polled that 70% of those who crossed the finish line of this monster marathon swore to never […]
Hansel and Happenings
Hi there, So I know I haven’t really been around much, here or anywhere on the net really this last month. I’ve been away doing things that I typically don’t blog about. I’ve also felt the need to turn away from a bit from all […]
Parallel crafting
I thought I’d show you what I’m working on at the moment. Normally I don’t have a lot of active projects that I’m knitting on at the same time. I tend to focus on one project until it’s done, even if it means ploughing through […]
Sweater surgery: The Chrismas Jumper
Sometimes, no matter how carefully you plan a project, no matter how much care you put in knitting the pattern, things just don’t work out. I’m sure most of you have been in this situation before (if not…are you a knitting wizard? I want to […]
Shetland Cardigan in Progress
I thought I’d share share what I’m working on right now! I’m working on a Shetland yoke cardigan! I had some pauses in knitting on this one, as I didn’t take the work-in-progress with me to Scotland, and later I mysteriously lost my DPN’s! I […]
“Swish and flick.”
“Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!” I thought I would show you my latest project to make it to the needles.It is the cardigan worn by Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”, She wears it in the forest scenes. Once upon a […]