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Addendum
I’m going to have nightmares tonight. However. Some things are more important than lace knitting. Way, way, way more important: speak up and speak out.
Posted in Personal, Purls
Tagged glbt, human rights, people power, personal stuff, politics, wtf
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Charting & Swatching
Designing is a laborious process. First there is the idea, then there is sketching, followed by charting, swatching and finally writing before any proper knitting can occur. It is laborious, frustrating and fun to pursue an idea and see it … Continue reading
Arboretum
Visual poetry: a poetry form in which the shape of the poem is as important as the words themselves. The Scottish poet and gardener Ian Hamilton Smith combined gardening, sculptures and poetry to great effect. The woods around Bennachie yield … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Purls
Tagged Crafty, Glasgow, music video, poetry, Purls, Scotland, texts and words, youtube
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Reader, I Knitted The Cardigan
There is a lovely bit in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre where the housekeeper, Mrs Fairfax, says something in the vein of, “Oh, hang on a sec. Must. Finish. This. Row.” I smiled in recognition when I came across it during … Continue reading
Posted in Books 2011, Purls
Tagged bibliomania, Crafty, Literature, love, musings, Purls, reading
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Right Here Right Now Is No Other Place I’d Rather Be
This month my Karise shawl has been the subject of a knit-along on the Old Maiden Aunt group on Ravelry. The response has been absolutely overwhelming and I love seeing what people are doing with my pattern. It is amazing … Continue reading
The Traveller’s Lament
I visited London yesterday for a work-related event. I had to get up at 4am to make it to my 10am meeting and I wasn’t home until 11pm. It was a very long day – not made any easier by … Continue reading
FO: Alva
I just released a new free shawl pattern on Ravelry: Alva. Alva takes one ball of Rowan Kidsilk Haze Stripe (or two balls of regular Kidsilk Haze) and is knitted on 5mm needles. My sample is knitted using sh. 200 … Continue reading
Almost There Or There-abouts
It’s now November. Seriously, where did this year go? I remember I had plans to knit 11 hats in 2011. Clearly that did not happen. I look at my Ravelry page and I cannot see many finished objects – but … Continue reading
The Truth About Magic Loop
Ever since I discovered the Magic Loop method, I have been a convert. Not only do I knit everything on circular needles but if the pattern calls for knitting in the round, I will invariably use Magic Loop rather than … Continue reading
Whatever Makes Her Happy
Pictured: everyday life in Casa Bookish. I am knitting. He is solving the cryptic crossword. As for my knitting project, it is something I have been meaning to knit for years. I bought some pseudo-Malabrigo Worsted about three years ago, … Continue reading
