Fountain Pens
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Scribo ink – Notturno Viola
I think the time has come to work my way through some ink and I’m going to start with this massive bottle of deep, dark purple from Scribo. When I started to think about an ink to pair with the Onoto, this was high on the agenda. I originally popped in a cartridge of Herbin’s Continue reading
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The other pen
So, I went to the London Autumn Pen Show 2024 and I bought my G.O.A.T. and I would be happy if you thought the story ended there. However, I actually bought two pens at the show and now it is time to introduce you to “the other pen”. I have been longing to introduce some Continue reading
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I think I bought my G.O.A.T.
We will each have to work out our own idea about what we will classify as a “greatest of all time” pen purchase. For me, it needs to be something beyond simply the most expensive pen I’ve ever bought, though it will probably be a pen that tempted me to step beyond my usual comfort Continue reading
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Je ne regrette rien
I have passed the 6-month mark using the Waterman Hemisphere L’Essence du Bleu, my Christmas present to myself, and it’s marching on towards a year since I actually bought it. High time, then, to catch up and ask myself whether or not it was a wise purchase. I already own three Hemispheres and the danger Continue reading
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Blue inks for grey-sky days
I ended up choosing a cohort of blue inks for June, which may have been a mistake as the sky now seems to think that it doesn’t need to contribute any blue to the month at all. A monochromatic month may seem a trifle boring, but it suits me because I can’t seem to get Continue reading
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May 2024: What’s the plan, Pam?
I didn’t altogether get to grips with April, and it was quite a relief to get to the 30th, write the F Scott Fitzgerald quote that always haunts me as April ends, and move on into May. I didn’t love my pen and ink choices for the month, but I’m not sure that anything else Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 