There’s my kind of multitasking and then there’s proper multitasking.

I multi task a great deal. I’m usually doing several things at once, all through the day. We all, to some degree or other do, if we want to get everything done. At one time or another we have all talked on the phone to a friend whilst sorting the [...]

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If the weather would only settle then maybe..

we would be able to as well.
This crazy weather is beginning to, how shall I put it politely, get on my nerves? There, that was pretty restrained. Today, although not wet, looks like this.

It’s not for me, (although it would be nice to sit outside in the sunshine) but the vegetables are growing [...]

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Charmed or mesmerised?

The sock I should be knitting is the one I started in my own dyed blue yarn. This one,
I’m having problems with this one. Knitting up, the 4ply yarn just doesn’t seem to want to hold a stitch pattern well.
You can’t see that well in this photo, but the stitches aren’t [...]

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Retro Summer Jumper

I’ve finished the Summer Jumper I designed for my Mother.  Just in time, as it’s her Birthday tomorrow.  I gave her the Birthday Shawl earlier in the year when the weather was cold; it seemed more appropriate to give it to her then when she could use it.  Needless to say, I was then short [...]

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Every Path has its Puddle

I have quite a few of these in my garden

Aquilegia or Columbine. They are one of my all time favourite plants. I’ve grown a lot from seed, which is easy but takes time as they don’t flower properly for a year or two. I also let them seed throughout the garden. [...]

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Before I begin other things.

I am working on the Summer Jumper and the Cable Yoke Cardigan, even if I’m not being very faithful to them at the moment.
In fact, the Summer Jumper has had quite a bit of attention recently, it’s just that sport weight/4 ply yarn on 3mm needles takes its time. I do love thin yarn [...]

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Narragansett Bay Cap

The knitting of this hat took me a couple of days. The spinning ? Well it took a little longer to spin the three ply but I think it was worth it.

Narragansett Bay Cap
from A Fine Fleece by Lisa Lloyd
Needles: 3.75mm Circular and dpn’s
Yarn: My own handspun 3 ply Merino/Angora

All instructions in the [...]

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