Work and my life got really busy for a while there and updating this here blog kind of fell off the radar for a bit. But it’s spring and I’ve spent the bank holiday weekend starting a huge organisation of my stuffs, including going to Ikea with my other half and throwing a lot of [...]
Category Archives: General
Pearl and Feather
I have a fairly ridiculous collection of beads and bits and bobs and I have decided that this year, aside from knitting my stash, I also need to sit down and sort through my collection, work out what I am going to use and what I’m not and then actually do something with them. So, [...]
FO: Jaded [Meg]
SMSKAL: Jaded, originally uploaded by halcyonday. The Socktopus Mystery shawl is complete! I did end up casting on again on bigger needles, 6mm this time and that plus the DK-y weight of the yarn means my shawl is huuuuge. But still, lovely!
[Meg] Mystery Shawl – Socktopus edition
I’ve joined the knit-a-long for Alice from Socktopus’ Mystery Shawl [Rav Link] and up there you can see clue one, in its completed state. I’m knitting mine in Socks that Rock (Heavyweight) in Jaded and I’m loving both the yarn and the pattern. Although, really, I think I should have knitted the first clue on [...]
Milkweed
Milkweed, originally uploaded by halcyonday. I was on holiday in sunny Cornwall recently and aside from the walking and the constant eating (om nom nom, clotted cream!), I got quite a bit of knitting done. Chiefly, I finished off CosmicPluto’s Milkweed shawl. It’s an absolutely lovely pattern to knit – I had one or two [...]
[Meg] Sprung
Now that I’m done with academia and work has settled down and the summer actually feels like it’s actually going to arrive, we’ve been spending a lot of time in what passes for the garden – we do actually have bed space as well but it’s still a bit of a mess until we finish [...]
Lace and Twirl
Cheshire Cat Stole, originally uploaded by halcyonday. Oh, oh dearie me. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Er. I moved flat (again, still sharing with Jam), changed jobs (still a librarian but now out of the legal sector) and graduated (Master of Science, baby! Wooooo!) and blogging kind of fell to the wayside for a bit. [...]
Another addition of “Remember that knitting blog you have”? Version: Lady Jane Mystery KAL
Another Knitting Delight mystery KAL done! W00t! Done several weeks ago, and yes, I still am just that bad at updating. I have a hat done, I have two sets of fingerless gloves made and sent out, I have two sets of socks and a cardigan on the needles, I have new needles and new [...]
[Meg] Post-Hogswatch slump
I’m back at work until Wednesday. It is as thrilling as you might imagine because work is like a ghost-town, complete with tumbleweed. But, it does mean that I am free to putter around the library, update this blog, stalk patterns on Raverly (I might have tripped and fallen into the bargin bins at John [...]
