I recommend spinning! Today I couldn’t quite face the outside world. I couldn’t quite face studying. So, I spun. Now I have my lovely Woolfest purchases, I felt I could finish up the gorgeous purple fibre I got with my first spindle. I find the spinning very relaxing, and a great way to clear my [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 28, 2008
Sheep! Day
Anyone who has been on a long journey with me (those by car, bus, or train, anyway. This rarely occurs when flying…) will know that I tend to commentate the sheep we pass by. For those in the know, it doesn’t come as a surprise anymore, but it can sometimes confuse people when, mid conversation [...]
June 25, 2008
Knitting? What Knitting?
Lately there hasn’t been a lot of knitting. There are just periods where nothing satisfies me, and so I knit nothing. Or rather, I start something, hate it, and rip it out. Yesterday I had a play with my Kaffe Fasset designed Regia sock yarn. There are two things I cannot understand about this yarn. [...]
June 20, 2008
Knitting in Public
I missed World Wide Knit in Public Day. Last year nothing happened in my area, and this year it did, but I was on holiday. I was really disappointed about this. It seems like the first time in years I go on holiday, a whole raft of things ended up occuring while I was on [...]
June 3, 2008
Knitting Update
Later this week I am off on holiday to France, so I thought I would do a quick update before I go.
I am knitting a pair of pretty stripey socks. I’ve knitted the first one, and the second has been cast on. I think I might finish it on the train home as it’s DK [...]
