Monthly Archives: October 2006

Felting is my new love! After the success of my teeny-tiny tote bag I’ve been itching to try something else. A couple of weekends ago I bought Simply Knitting magazine and whilst flicking through found a pattern for a pair of … Continue reading →

The baby shawl border is making progress, hopefully only a few more hours of knitting then I can sew it on and we’re finished. In between I have completed another pair of socks – I’ve been off work with flu … Continue reading →

It’s been a nice sunny day here and my hubby has been taking some photos so I laid out my socks and got him to take some piccy’s for me, here are the results. I’ve only been knitting socks for … Continue reading →

This is a meme for Sockret Pal – my 5 top sock patterns. As I’ve only been knitting socks for a few months and have not knit many pairs so far I don’t know if I have 5 but here … Continue reading →

I have new shoes! My trainers were on their last legs and then my mum and I did a 10k sponsored walk for Breast Cancer on Sunday, I ended up ankle deep in mud and the trainers bit the bullet. … Continue reading →

I’ve just blocked out the main part of the baby shawl in the play-room (it’s called that ‘cos it’s where my hubby’s games consoles are!) so here are some photos – the blocked size is 127cm x 127cm (that’s about … Continue reading →

Well, not completely but I have at last finished the main body of the baby shawl…and here is the proof, it’s off the needles Now I just have about 5 metres of edging to knit and sew on….. I’ve also … Continue reading →

I know, I’m a bit late catching on (it is the 9th and I’ve missed more than a week) but having seen this “Socktoberfest” mentioned on several other blogs I finally got curious and went to check it out. I’ve … Continue reading →

This is our resident red kite circling the house yesterday afternoon – Red Kites were wiped out in England in the 1800’s. There were some left in Wales but it was unlikely these birds would return to repopulate other areas. … Continue reading →

I know it’s a bit early but I like to get my puddings made as early as I can – “Stir up Sunday” is traditionally the last Sunday before Advent (or the 25th after Trinity as I’ve sen elsewhere) this … Continue reading →