Spinning FO: Water Nymph Merino/Silk

Spunky Eclectic's merino silk is great to spin, much easier pre-drafted though.  It feels more solid than either merino or silk, and I was careful when I plied it.  This skein is balanced, no excess twist here, that's a first.   276 yds of beautiful yarn,

Everyday history

BBC News: A study of life in  the 1930s . From the soup-eating habits of the middle classes to the application of face cream - a pioneering study of everyday life in Britain is celebrating its 70th birthday... and was the inspiration for Victoria Wood's double Bafta-winning drama.

Knit and spin

The first Panda Monkey sock is complete, second in progress.  Really pleased with how the heel and toe turned out, I've never done a multicoloured sock before.  The yarn splits horribly, but I think these will be good socks. Got a bobbin and a bit spun from 4oz

Scriptalicious

Script Frenzy starts in a few days, the goal is to write a 20,000 word screenplay in 30 days.  It's a production of The Office of Letters and Light, the people behind National Novel Writing Month.  Hubby is writing a script and I'm not going

Raising Atlantis

BBC News: The wave that destroyed Atlantis. The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami.  Until about 3,500 years ago,

Shawl and sock

Swatched for the Forest Canopy shawl at knitting morning on Saturday and got gauge with the needle size in the pattern.  I'm usually wildly off, could have been the cookie-and-hot-chocolate breakfast that day.  Messed up the second pattern repeat and had to rip out and

Loopy Ewe Sock Club #1

The first package for the Loopy Ewe Sock Club arrived on Tuesday. It was nicely put together in a zipped plastic Loopy Ewe Sock Club bag.  The yarn feels soft, slippery, and it looks shiny.  The colours are great, but my skein has a knot join in it.  Hopefully it

Maryland Sheep and Wool 2007

I had a fabulous time in Maryland with Rox and Eric!  We found fossilised shark teeth on the beach, ate fish, and visited the Sheep and Wool Festival.  There were sheep and rabbits and llamas and alpaca and goats  There was more roving than I have ever seen in my

Project planning: Forest Canopy Shawl

Happy Star Wars Day! (May the Fourth Be With You...) Maybe it's because I've knit three pairs of socks this year.  Maybe it's because of the purple wrap I wore to Sehlat's wedding.  Maybe I'm going slightly mad.  Whatever it

FO: Martha's Orchard socks

If they were purple, they'd be Martha's Vineyard socks, but she prefers red.  Got this yarn on my birthday excursion to The Loopy Ewe. Yarn: Apple Laine in Red Delicious Pattern: Mine (2x2 rib and braided cable, Sherman toe and heel, picot cast-off) Gauge: 9st/