Knitting

I was warned that cowls were addictive.  Phoe warned me, and I didn't listen.  My plans to make Poinsettia failed, it looked very untidy at the join, so I downloaded another Anne Hanson pattern, Spiraluscious.  Started 29th December, finished 31st December. The colour is a dark burnt orange,

Winter Knitty is out!  The Poinsettia neck warmer looks perfect for me, I hate the gap between coat and neck.  Ordered a skein of Opulence yarn from The Woolen Rabbit in Burning Embers, a warm orange that's perfect for dispelling winter greyness. The greyer the days, the more

Eris continues.  Wound another skein of Cascade 220 and started the hem.  It might end up longer than the pattern says, but I like long cardigans and I have two extra skeins of yarn anyway.  I'm working on the short rows to set up the curved hem pieces,

I'd ordered the Fratello kit from Yarnissima on Sept 24th, thinking it would take a while to get here from the Netherlands.  It turned up on October 3rd, a mere nine days later, and packed with goodies: It comes with a skein of coveted Wollmeise yarn in a

I used to hate the smug people that got all their Christmas shopping done by October, until I moved to the US and had to be one of them.  The last mailing date for parcels to the UK sent by sea used to be some time in October.  Sea mail

The autumn Knitty is out!  It was up, it went down, it got back up again... First, the patterns.  Waves of Grain is a beaded lace scarf pattern that might be perfect for my Wollmeise.  Anne Shirley is nice, but for some other yarn.  The 1840 Nightcap would be a