Category: Musings
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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Day 1 – The House Cup
So, here we are with Day 1 of the Fourth Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week (search for 4KCBWDAY1 to find the other participants). Welcome, if you haven’t been here before. The challenge today is to declare your house and explain what sort of knitter/crocheter you are. The four houses are Bee, Monkey, Manatee and…
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Decisions
The best thing about finishing knitting a pair of socks… …is deciding what pair to cast on next. I am about to cover the living room in yarn and pattern books. I’ll let you know what happens.
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A finished object and a glove dilemma
The beaded socks are done. These were the 3rd stage of Tour de Sock and are in pattern Stardust and yarn Smoothie Sock. The yarn was a birthday present from my sister-in-law. I got the beads from Beads Direct. I know there were some queries about the practicalities of beads on socks, but I can’t…
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Preparing for Autumn
It is a bleak and windy day. Living on a headland, jutting out into the North Sea, we often get the sort of blustery winds that you expect a mile or so out to sea, when the boat leaves the shelter of the shore. Here there is no shelter, just the sea surrounding us on…
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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…
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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…
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Not knitting
Spring is in the air, and I’ve suddenly stopped knitting. I’m not sure why – maybe it is a sign that the current project isn’t working out as I hoped. Hopefully, it isn’t permanent – it has only been three days. In a strange coincidence, I’ve also started having trouble sleeping. Maybe it is the…
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The Urge to Knit
From the Guardian February 1961 (Via Knitty) The urge to knit is surely the most moral force in the world. Knitting is industrious, economical, virtuous, therapeutic, mildly creative and above all tranquillising. Research would show that knitting wives never become nervous wrecks and that it is never knitting girls who break up happy homes. Conversely…