Lately there has been much spinning and a little knitting. Here are pictures of both. First, the yarns.
1. Camel Silk. I spun this straight from a blend bought from Wingham Woolcraft. It’s shiny and beautiful, and lovely and soft.
2. This is a black jacob top mixed with some light grey BFL.
3. This is some fawn [...]
This weekend I learned about a new blog, Gluten-Free Girl, and with it a recipe for Peanut Butter cookies entirely lacking in flour. I got quite excited, and resolved to make them. Sadly, I hit a snag. American recipes and their cup measuring tendencies. Nothing in baking confuses me more than trying to use a [...]
I saw this news story about how Bundanoon, a town in Australia, has banned bottled water, and I thought “Yay! Good for them!” And then felt a guilty stab at the many plastic water bottles that surround me. I have them at home, I have them at the office, I leave a trail of water [...]
One of the things I like best about WordPress is that it gives me stats without my really needing to do anything. I could do it myself (and have done in the past), but I’m not that fussed about it, so am happy to take the easy option!
I like knowing how many people come to [...]
A few days ago, on the train, I finished reading Kate Atkinson’s first book, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. This was an impulse buy in Waterstones when a third book on the 3 for 2 offer was needed, and given that, a choice that worked out very well indeed!
It tells the story of Ruby [...]
Last night I did my first piece of post Woolfest spinning, and now have a mini-skein to call my own. It’s about 70/30 natural white Swaledale and black Jacob. I love the look of it. It is variegated greys with occasional elements of the two original fibres. It is, however, not a particularly soft yarn. [...]
I have never been into knitting project monogamy. I’ve generally tried to keep things to a sane level, but that hasn’t always happened either. Lately, though, I’ve been becoming more monogamous. It isn’t that I am knitting something so utterly engrossing that I can’t put it down, so it doesn’t come out of enthusiasm.
I think, [...]
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