Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Cabin Fever

Hi

So I've now been off work since 24th December and by now I was hoping to go out for a few steps each day but since Saturday I've not stepped out of the door. The forecast is for more snow until next week. Its not causing any major problems where we live but the footpaths are slippery and I'm not really wanting to fall again.

We have put our next trip to the camper van on hold until the weather improves:-( and I'm just getting a little fed up now with being stuck indoors.

I decided to knit something different as I had a couple of skeins of Rouge de L'ouest  sitting around doing nothing. I've cast on a Stormy sky shawl on size 6mm needles, Well, I really had problems with the circulars to start with and had to cast on using some dpns and then transfer to the circulars once I had a few rows done. 


I've given in and started to wash some of my recent spinning as its beginning to pile up and I will be wanting to use some of it soon.


Please excuse the torn wall paper, years of drying textiles and fibres have taken their toll :-)

I've also finished the beanie which is now washed and fits me quite nicely although I doubt that I will be keeping it. I've found that hats look fine until I put my glasses on then I tend to just look a bit daft in them.


Its still snowing so I'm going to tidy the kitchen, have a shower and change into comfy, snuggle clothes, make a coffee and knit xx





Monday, 18 June 2012

on the needles today....

Hi, just a quick update as to what is on my knitting sticks at the moment. I bought this fibre at wonderwool 2011 from FeltstudioUK simply because I love Daniela's fibres and her colour choices are always different to the ones that I dye myself.


tour de fleece 2011

on the wheel during tour de fleece last year
falkland


as a skein
spinning 175
  


now slowly becoming a shawlette for next winter  :-)

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Saturday 1 January

It seems really strange being at home all day on a Saturday as would usually be out and about either spinning in public or knitting at Knit Nottingham. Instead I have been clearing out cupboards and trying to find lids to fit all my plastic containers.



Trying to finish the Little Shells Shawl



Watching my flowers grow....usually I kill all house plants so I suspect these are on borrowed time!

Watching the film Julie and Julia.


Eating exploding candy.