Today was a day of tinking and regathering so no significant progress. Just a better photo of the mistake. Looking at the Ravelry boards for my event (Shawl Sailing), I was a little dismayed to find that some people had finished their shawls on Saturday! Wow – they must be fast knitters or have had [...]
Day 3 and I’m motoring along with my shawl. I’m now in the third section of the expansion but like Tom Daly and his synchronised diving partner today, it went a bit wrong. So my first task tomorrow will be tinking out 8 rows (I do mean tinking as that Kid Silk Haze likes to [...]
I stayed up a tiny bit late last night to watch some of the Beach Volleyball on Horse Guard’s Parade (!!) and get my head round today’s knitting challenge. It was USA vs Australia and I cheered on the USA team as they had better outfits. Yes, shallow but do I care? I spent some [...]
It was a bad start for Team GB when Mark Cavendish failed to get a medal in the cycling and after a couple of false starts I am now underway with my imaginatively named 108-47 shawl. I blame it on the excitement of the opening ceremony – I was distracted by the giant Voldemort and [...]
It took weeks of deciding and consulting Ravelry before I could decide whether I was going to take part in the Ravellenics, what I was going to knit and could I manage it in the short weeks of the Olympics. Our Olympics started this morning at 8.12am as we rang our tiny china bell along [...]
Peep-o!
Our kitten is 3 today! We had a BBQ in the garden to celebrate A close up view of the cake. It is a lemon blueberry cake with limoncello drizzle. Sirius had a good time charging around the garden with his other mummy. He was delighted we were cooking burgers and sausages and sat up [...]
We have a really great farmer’s market in Canterbury so finding 10 things isn’t hard. 1. Jonny Sandwich. This guy is a perfectionist and he makes the most delicious sandwiches I’ve ever eaten. It is quite a wait but definitely worth it. 2. Patrick’s Kitchen. Patrick makes amazing flaky sausage rolls with meat from the [...]
I met this kitty this morning as I was relaxing in the Cathedral Cloisters playing hooky from church. I was reliably told by a Cathedral guide that this cat is called Laptop. Why?? Because she likes to sit on your lap!
Very tired today so running by with some linkity. Knitty! Amazing homespun wedding with handknitted wedding dress! 12 Christmas in July patterns Seamus the Owl is very cute and check out Beans the Kitty! A great tip for picking up stitches using an interchangeable tunisian crochet hook Knitting and stitching tips on using everyday objects [...]