During the Great Finishathon Of 2020, I knitted a jumper, that sparked a new love of hand knit garments. Ahead of Me Made May last year, I took a look at my handmade wardrobe, and knitwear still remained a rather large large hole in the collection. For an autumn challenge especially, I wanted to add som mid-season knits that could […]
I am a world class procrastinator – just ask my pre-2020 WIP list. I could power through a project, but the second I hit the point I needed to start the final stage, my brain would turn on me and it would be a hard NOPE on progressing to an actual finish. Deadlines, real or imagined, did help somewhat. Then […]
The last few weeks have been whiplash-crazy, weather wise. One day it will be shorts-and-tshirt glorious, the next, jumpers-and-jeans miserable. I just want winter to be gone already! The last fews days have definitely been more on the wintery end of the spectrum, and the upside of that is bonus crochet time! My waffle blanket, that I had hoped to […]
A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with my husband, and he said to me – “it’s your first attempt. You do realise you don’t need to be perfect straight up, don’t you?”. I took his comment back to the board, and we laughed for approximately 300 years. It’s kind of cute how even after 17 years he […]
It’s very rare that I can throw out a “would it be crazy to…” suggestion, and get back anything other than “of course not you should totally do it”. In January, however, as I was planning my school year, I finally hit upon the idea that deserved a “maybe”. In fairness, that maybe was, more correctly, “maybe, but you should […]
With three blanket finishes under my belt in quick succesion, crochet has become a well established part of my evening routine. I thought, though, I was ready for a change back to knitting, and so I started a knitted blanket – and promptly hated it and pulled it apart. The idea of a new blanket went on the back burner […]
At the end of last year, as I raced to tick off as much of my 202020 list as I could, I ordered myself some sock yarn. I started a pair of Fine & Dandy socks, but in the end, failed to get them finished in time to count towards my 2020 tally. I powered through the first sock, and […]
Last year, my 100 Days project was a roaring success. I’m not sure if it was the lockdown boredom, or the low stakes goal of each day, but it worked. When contemplating this year’s options, I kicked around a few ideas, but kept coming back to the idea of another blanket, a rework of my sunrise stripe sampler. I decided […]
Aside from a couple of nasty heat wave weeks, January so far has been quite cool compared to normal. With most of my handwork projects wrapped up, I was left with just my mandala blanket to work on. Thankfully, the cooler weather meant I was able to continue making progress on it of an evening, and for the first time, […]
Back when I first revisited my 202020 list, one of the easiest options seemed to be “two pairs of socks”. I picked up some yarn at spotlight, pre-treated it ready for some natural dyeing, and then realised it wasn’t going to work as well as I thought. I put the idea on the backburner, and moved on to other projects. […]
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