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Oh, the knitty-witty
All together now, I know you know the tune: You add some stitches onYou pull your stitches outIn, out, in, out, shake ’em all aboutYou change your knitting needlesAnd you start againThat’s what it’s all about Oh, the knitty-witty. Okay, time to cut the whimsy and get brutal: six days ago I took a good Continue reading
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Who pays the ferryman?
It’s a whole new month and the changing of the seasons is upon us, although you wouldn’t know it from the predicted temperatures for my area in the coming week – above 25℃ every day where it’s been closer to a comfortable 20℃ for the past couple of weeks. Even so, the mornings and evenings Continue reading
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2024 diary pages
Having decided to buy a Personal-sized Filofax Holborn to use as my diary/notebook for next year, the main hurdle to clear was deciding what type of diary format would work for me. Historically, I’ve found that week-to-view spreads need to be A5 size and when I’ve had week-to-view in Personal size, it’s been less successful. Continue reading
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Going to the ball
Yes, Cinderella, you shall go to the ball! And there, in the merest blink of an eye, it’s a finished object! I cannot believe that such a basic cardigan took me three and a half months to knit. It’s lamentable. Even worse, it’s the first garment I’ve actually completed to a wearable standard all year. Continue reading
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A late summer visitor
There’s a bit of a cuckoo in my pen collection right now. A summer visitor has flown in and for a short but interesting residency before heading home. It’s another Cross fountain pen – this time, the Cross Townsend, which is very much like my own Cross Century II but with a sneaky little dose Continue reading
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The Cinderella project
The pink cardi is so close to being finished but, like Cinderella, it needs its buttons! For once, I have nothing suitable in my button box, so the cardi won’t be truly complete until I’ve taken a trip to town and bought something suitable. I could have done that today, but I craved an at-home Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 