Category Archives: knittery

At some point during last summer, my mum offered me my granny’s spinning wheel. It has been collecting dust in someone else’s house for years, and she felt I might get more use out of it. I had never contemplated … Continue reading →

Knitty types among you will understand. I am drinking peppermint and nettle tea, it’s rather nice. I am thinking about getting out some knitting needles and fiddling about with some purple cotton yarn I have lots of, to try and … Continue reading →

This was the year I really started knitting for real. A quick check of ravelry reveals that I have completed 60 projects this year, some of which were multiple boob-knitting projects. It was easy to calculate because the item labelled … Continue reading →

Some time ago, the elegant Lady P alerted the world to a knitting pattern for a shawl such as might be worn by a character in Pride & Prejudice. I read the pattern and thought, that looks easy; I could … Continue reading →