The explorer
At long last I'm working on a mosaic knitting project. I've been interested in using the technique beyond swatches for quite a few years but not until now did I come up with the right mix of...
View ArticleMosaic sweater progress
It took some thinking and rethinking (not to mention knitting and reknitting) before I made up my mind about the sleeves. I decided patterned sleeves would be too much of a good thing; instead they...
View ArticleMr Mosaic
Mosaic knitting has given me ideas - I've been experimenting with hats knitted sideways, combining mosaic knitting and garter stitch. Not quite there yet as one of them is slightly too big and the...
View ArticleHappy new year!
Yes, I know we're in June, but I realise this is my first blog post this year. Not that I've been hibernating, but I've mostly been swatching for new workshops and suppose I haven't really felt like...
View ArticleTwined & brioche projects
Today my friend Andrew gave me a charming tatting book from 1944 - there are many beautiful patterns in it, so I feel like getting my shuttles out again. I don't have the nails to match them, but at...
View ArticleTwined news
There's a new Norwegian book about twined knitting - I heard about it recently (thanks, Heidi!) and sent for it straight away, of course. Such books are few and far between. It arrived yesterday, so...
View Article"The early bird gets the worm...
but the second mouse gets the cheese." I read this hilarious addition to the proverb recently - perhaps it's commonplace and I simply haven't come across it before? Anyway, it would have come in handy...
View ArticleDonegal sweater finished at long last
Almost to my surprise I finally finished my "Donegal" sweater, an Alice Starmore design. My Ravelry project page tells me I cast on in July 2013 - and it seems I haven't touched it since perhaps...
View ArticleSilence explained
Needless to say, I haven't been very active here lately - but it's "because of a reason" as someone once put it. Not that I can give away many details, but it is starting to look as if there really...
View ArticleThings are looking up
(Or down?)Photographer Tina Axelsson in action!Thanks, everyone for encouraging words! Now back to writing instructions... Life isn't only work, though - last week knitter friend Maja and I had a great...
View ArticleAn excavation
Going through my projects and realising I must have been through a double-knitting period at some point: three cowls and a scarf! When did that happen? At least I'm well prepared for Midsumer, which is...
View ArticleStill alive and knitting
Well, I knew there wouldn't be much time left for blogging the past couple of years, but I'm still around. My book was published in October, which was a quite a relief - I did manage! Not that I would...
View ArticleStarmore mania, part 1
Well, I knew stranded colourwork was something I longed for during my book project, but little did I know I would finish no less than three Starmore projects: Mary Tudor, Thoroughbred and Rona. They're...
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