Knitting

Having an evening alone to spin and knit greatly helped progress.  As did finishing the novel! * 29th Nov: 10 rows * 30th Nov: 7 rows * 1st Dec: 4 rows Unfortunately I need to take a break and make a pair of socks, and a small piece of Christmas knitting.  I made

Back in the saddle, thanks to my cheerleaders.  Started the sleeve on Monday at lunch, it's all downhill from here!  I think I've figured out how all the pieces fit together.  Sewing up is going to be quite the task. * 20th Nov: most of the cuff

If you walk into a yarn store and say you're thinking of setting fire to a recalcitrant sweater, be prepared for some horrified gasps.  The sweater has a stay of execution, but I did wind the yarn for the next pair of socks and write over sixteen thousand

Had to rip out about seven inches of sweater front this lunchtime because I'd  forgotten to put in the armhole shaping.  That's over 50g of wool undone, a whole week  of work pulled out in 20 minutes.  I'd thought I was doing so well.

This is the end of my second week knitting just the Eternal Sweater.  Today I got to the neck divide, which means I am 10 rows and one sleeve away from finishing a project I started in 1994!  I'm pretty confident I have enough yarn left now.  That&

Finished the trailing fuchsia lace scarf on Weds 18th, and put the front of the Eternal Sweater in my backpack for lunchtime knitting.  This is now my sole project in  progress, I'll post next Friday how I'm doing with it.  Each row is 118 stitches and

Made it over halfway (eleven repeats of twenty) on the trailing fuchsia scarf with  the first skein, I'll have enough yarn leftover from the second skein for a potholder  or a couple of coasters, but not for a matching hat.  One leaf is entirely pink and  purple, another