Wedgewoord Knitted Teacup from Infiknit I was reading a review of mobile phones and apps on the weekend and the article noted that Microsoft (Bill Gates and all) actually had an operating system for hand held devices in the mid 1990s. They obviously decided not to pursue the idea of mini computers at that time, […]
Baby Bears from Fiber Trends I always love reading missives from those who edit and review books, since they have to have a greater command of the language than anyone else because they critique people who use language to a very high degree to start with. So I loved reading in the Sunday Star these
Norwegian Mittens The Druids have taken up residence, in the house, once again. Yes, we have brought in “the tree” which will be, the Christmas tree. I love Christmas Trees, partly because I love trees in general; but I also love an occasion to bring a tree into the house and decorate it (i.e. worship
Cloths of Heaven from Queen Anne’s Lace Actually it is craft a poem and it is a new group that has just started on Ravelry – Dec 11, 2010. The object is to submit a design (or drawing or recipe) inspired by a poem. There will be prizes awarded each month; but you don’t have
Mabon from GoddessKnits What is it about the words, wind and wild that are so rich. I think of titles that use these terms and each phrase seems to have taken on a presence of its own – Gone with the Wind, Inherit the Wind, Whistle Down the Wind, to name a few. Again terms,
Wall of Yarn – Singing colours I have to believe that Leonard Cohen is the hottest 76 year-old on the planet. He is just about to end a two and a half year tour and judging by the reviews he is/was amazing!!! There is a group on Ravelry dedicated to knitting and to the poetry
Lucy Neatby’s Paradoxical Mittens I always love it when a knitter takes a design and makes it his/her own, I posted a while ago about a friend of mine who knit Lucy Neatby’s Paradoxical Mittens and added a bit of the red trim to the thumb of the right-hand mitten so that you could always tell
Argyle socks from Cabin Fever Well, Auld Reekie (Edinburgh) is hame (home) to my brother and sister-in-law anyway. I think it must be the season – getting close to Christmas and all – but I have been thinking a lot about a time before children when my husband and I would go back to Scotland
Alveare from Woolly Wormhead I am putting the patterns of a new designer, Woolly Wormhead, on the Infiknit site. These are gorgeous hats, beautifully constructed, and wonderfully knit. As a result, I have spent some time on her site and was amazed by her blog. On Dec 6, 2010, Ruth and her family moved into a converted double
Lobster Mitten I read the other day that, because of the recession, there is now a surfeit of lobster on the east coast and the department of fisheries is thinking of running an ad campaign to promote the sale of lobsters. I wonder if it will be a little like the milk campaign – “Got
