Part A: Are you doing any holiday knitting? Just one thing. I’m trying to finish that silly Cobblestone which DH should have gotten last Christmas. Part B: Have you finished? ROFLMAO!! ARE you kidding? I’ve got about 5 inches (I think) left of the yoke, and those purl rows are driving me nuts! Why [...]
The second week of classes for the students on this side of the pond is nearly finished, and things have gone well, if a bit breathlessly. The first week for students on that side of the pond is also well under way—and under way well. It’s been a bit chaotic, so I’m behind schedule here, but I’m working on [...]
Fordi Bloggspinner ville ha et bilde som viser alt sammen. :-) (NB! Nøster er større enn vanlig; jeg bruker den Strauch Jumbo nøstemaskin. Den på venstre er vanlig størrelsen—og er halv brukt.) In English: Because Bloggspinner asked for a photo which showed everything together. NB! The balls of yarn are larger than standard; I use [...]
Ok, before you get excited, that title just means that I’ve finally finished spinning the grey. It’s done, done, done, and the last 1000 yards is hanging to dry even as we figuratively speak. Done, done, done. Done, done, done. Nope, I’m not feeling as if I’ve just accomplished something major or that there’s been a [...]
There really has been a bit of knitting here and there, usually when I had to be in company and couldn’t take a wheel or spindles with me (which incidentally was also the time when I couldn’t work; how rude would that have been?). This, then, is what happened over the Christmas break and first [...]