Famous Last Words

So…hands up if you remember my post about Christmas knitting? Well, why wouldn’t you, it wasn’t that long ago!
Now, in fairness, I stand by my post. I still maintain that I won’t knit for someone unless I’m tolerably sure they’ll appreciate it. Because I’m not into wasting my time, or my money. Having said that…
Yesterday [...]

Perfection

I am a perfectionist. Sometimes. For a perfectionist, I can be alarmingly slobby about my house, about cooking (how is pasta with three sorts of cheese not a balanced meal?), about my clothes (iron? seriously? are you kidding me?)…all sorts of things. When it comes to knitting, however, I am certainly a perfectionist.
Last night I [...]

It’s Christmas, Oh Yes!

I don’t really have a great deal to update on, I am managing to keep myself very busy of late, and so knitting and spinning has fallen slightly by the wayside. I am still working on the Catherine socks; I am still waiting to receive the first garter rib sock so that I can finish [...]

Catherine, and Other Things

Here is a picture of where my Catherine socks are at the moment. I really love this pattern, although my rounds 3&7 problems are very irritating.

To be honest I’m not sure that this photo does either the yarn or the pattern justice, but it is the best I have so far!
In other news…I am swatching [...]

A Bear of Very Little Brain

I had thought, now that I am home, that I would make a sock update. I was pleased by the alliterative opportunities of a September Sock Status, or something similar. However, it turns out that I have mislaid one of my garter rib socks. I finished one while I was at my parents’ and, by [...]