Month: April 2012

  • Crafting Balance and A Perfect Crafting Day

    Crafting Balance and A Perfect Crafting Day

    The topic for today is to talk about the balance between knitting and crochet, but I think I covered that in yesterday’s post, so I’m going to play my wildcard (3KCBWWC) and write on this topic instead: Craft Your Perfect Day My perfect knitting day would involve being on my own, away from the family.…

  • Improving your skillset – 3KCBWDAY6

    Here is the brief for today’s post for Knitting and Crochet Blog Week: How far down the road to learning your craft do you believe yourself to be? Are you comfortable with what you know or are you always striving to learn new skills and add to your knowledge base? Take a look at a…

  • Something a bit different – 3KCBWDAY5

    The challenge for today’s Knitting and Crochet Blog Week post is to blog something different. So here I have a cautionary tale for you, of the potential dangers of neglecting your stash. Please Knit Me (with grateful thanks to W.S. Gilbert) On a shelf by a window a little yarn ball Sang “Knit me, just…

  • A Knitter or Crocheter for all seasons – 3KCBWDAY4

    The question for today (3kcbwday4) in Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is: How does your local seasonal weather affect your craft? First, let’s set the scene: I live in the North-East of England, at the top of a cliff overlooking the North Sea. It is a mild climate, without great extremes of temperature. There is…

  • My Knitting Hero – 3KCBWDAY3

    Thank you to all the new visitors this week for all the comments. I’m really enjoying being part of the blog week, although I haven’t had as much time to read other blogs as much as I would like. I would like to introduce you to the lovely lady in the photo above. You probably…

  • Leftovers – 3KCBWDAY2

    This post is part of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week: The Photography Challenge Day. Welcome if you are here for the first time. I’m a big fan of knitting socks, but there is always the problem of what to do with those silly little leftovers. Here is a solution that I have found useful. I…

  • Colour Lovers

    This post is my contribution to Day 1 in Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2012 The brief for today’s post is colour, and my relationship with it. If you were to ask me what my favourite colour is, I would probably say some sort of shade between green and blue, or sometimes deep purple. When…

  • Knitting and Crochet Blog week

    Coming soon: I’m trying to write posts on all the topics for Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, that starts tomorrow. Look out for some childhood photos, some ancestral intarsia and plenty more knitting tales. In the mean time I’ve another 19 rounds of ktbl, p1, ktbl, p1, k3, p1 ribbing to do on two socks.…

  • The end of an era and a new start

    Yesterday morning, at approximately 5am, a significant milestone was reached: I finished listening to episode 91 of Cast On. When I started listening to Cast On, I downloaded the most recent series at that point, beginning at episode 92. Then after I reached episode 98, there were no more new episodes for a few months…

  • Driffield Farmers’ Market

    Today I fulfilled a long-standing plan to go to Driffield Farmers’ Market and have a look at the Little Houndales Knits stall. Of course, when I say ‘have a look at’, I really mean ’empty my wallet onto the stall in return for yarn’. Fortunately, I don’t carry a great deal of cash with me.…