I’m about to dash down to London again, this time for flathunting (aieeee!) and and Jam is currently bound for Sweden for a week, so there will be silence here for a wee bit. But I leave you with something I found while sorting boxes: a blast from my crafty past. Carefully sewn together – [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Socks and Shiny Things
July 17, 2006 – 12:34 pm
I’m back from my heady week of travelling – London and Manchester in the space of one week! It was an enjoyable and successful week. I spent a lot of time at Jam’s where we knitted, cooked and demonstrated our amazing lack of willpower. I may have spent mumblemumble on beads but you can’t prove [...]
Baby Blanket
July 15, 2006 – 1:36 pm
So, my cousin had her baby which meant we could give her this: Nothing terribly interesting. It’s the basic SnB baby-blanket knitted on nice, artesano alpaca (two strands held together). The only modifications were the addition of edge stitching. It was nice, actually, knitting something with my mum, partly for the sense of continuity, partly [...]
Jonesing for a fix
July 6, 2006 – 11:14 am
I’ve been on a slight craft hiatus this week. Family have been visiting so all my crafty things have mostly been packed up to make space for them. The most I’ve managed to do is a couple rounds on my Ravenclaw scarf while travelling to Whitby (rather appropriate as we also went to Goathland, which [...]
More Stitchmarkers!
July 1, 2006 – 9:17 am
Just to note that these are all for sale, priced at £5 per set plus p&p. I also take commissions, though contact me first for details. The rings are different sizes, so they’re all hanging off a 5.5mm needle to give you an idea of scale. Inkblots: You ever do that experiment in science where [...]