The Queen of Geekdom

There are some things I get far more excited about than is strictly necessary, and about which I have a slight tendency to be a little geeky. You can see some of them by my banner picture: fountain pens, Hebrew, knitting, and perfume. Books, film soundtracks, spinning, and tea are not very well represented above, but you still get [...]

Is There Any Such Thing As Too Many Handknitted Socks?

Yesterday I started a new pair of socks. This was because I was going to be on a coach for five hours, and didn’t want to be working on something that involved reading a chart. So I dug out the beautiful red, purple, and blue Handmaiden Casbah I bought a while back, and cast on for [...]

Season of Mist and Mellow Fruitfulness

Lately it feels a lot like Autumn. I love Autumn. It makes me want to wear brown shoes, and scuff their toes by kicking leaves around. It’s an excuse to wear woolen jumpers, tweed skirts, and to hug eachother lots. It is perfect weather to make and eat crumbles. All the depressing humidity of the [...]

My First Baby Jumper

I mentioned, a while ago, a reasonably imminent infant, for whom I was knitting a jumper. Said infant has now landed in the world, and, although I have yet to meet her, her jumper is ready for her! Here it is, ably modeled by my beloved bear, Frankie.

I am marvellously reassured by the fact that [...]

Going With the Flow

I have finished the Kaffe Fassett design line socks. The ones I keep referring to as the Ugly Socks. As I said before, the yarn was not inspiring. Everything I did with it looked appalling, and I really couldn’t see how I stood a chance of making a nice pair of socks out of it.
Well, [...]

Spindle

Here are some pictures of my lovely new spindle. This is its very pretty whorl:

Here is a photo of it actually spinning. If you look closely you can see the single at the top, but I have cropped the picture to show the spindle better. The original picture is in flickr, if you want proof [...]

Happy Birthday, Penny!

Yesterday I opened my first birthday present (of the year, not ever, obviously!). I am not normally one for opening presents in advance, but this was a special case. My friend really wanted to watch me open it, and so I allowed myself to be persuaded. In the event, I can absolutely see why. We [...]

The Case of the Missing Yarn Needle

There are days where I wish quite passionately that I was a tidy and organised sort of person. Today is one of those days.
I have two finished socks and a finished baby jumper. One of the socks will finish a pair. All I need is to graft a couple of toes and a few ends [...]