A friend of mine, who I shall refer to as Madam A (codenames make knitting so much more exciting!) has a whole bunch of weddings to attend to, and as well as searching for a dress, was thinking about what shrug to go over it, since most of the dresses she was looking at were [...]
Category Archives: Work in Progress
Preserving and WIPs
September 4, 2006 – 2:06 pm
It all went silent on my end due to packing (the great move to London is in t-minus 20 days and I am but halfway through the packing, urgh) and a sudden (although temporary) return to the world of Barwenching. Oh local pub, with your very very very old regulars that spend their lives drinking [...]
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 [...]
Tiny stitches and vintage beads
June 30, 2006 – 10:22 pm
I spent a marvelous evening with the lovely ladies of In Stitches, the Hull and surrounding areas knitting group. We consumed drinks and cakes, talked about knitting and mocked some delightfully 1980s era animal motif jumpers. I did a few repeats on my portable WiP, a Ravenclaw PoA style scarf and then got down to [...]
Works in Progress
June 25, 2006 – 4:29 pm
Yesterday saw me rooting around in the depths of Boyes for fabric. I managed to avoid the bead section in the process because contrary to popular opinion, I do possess an ounce of willpower. …besides, I cannibalised two old necklaces found while doing a massive ‘sort and throw’ on three years worth of pre-university junk. [...]