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Bonney blue-eyes
Now it’s Wednesday and I have yet more knitting progress to show, despite the update at the beginning of the week. I’ve chosen to target my knitting (more on that later!), setting the Slope Rib sweater aside for a few days in order to concentrate on the Lace Panel Sweater. As I’d anticipated, I finished… Continue reading
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So that’s what I decided
At the end of last Wednesday’s knitting update, I was wondering which part of the Lace Panel Sweater to start next. In the event, I decided it was best to do the sleeves, and chose to work the lace panel as a feature just above the ribbed cuff. The design has twelve rows in this… Continue reading
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It’s all about the paper
The thing about the planner community is that our photography can, at times, tend to focus on the externals whereas, of course, what actually matters is the paper inside the cover. I’m not saying that the cover isn’t important, it is. We choose our covers to convey, to ourselves as well as to the outside… Continue reading
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Upside, downside
I’ve worked diligently at my knitting this past week. I unpicked the front of the Lace Panel Sweater from the armhole to a couple of inches above the hem and re-knitted it, changing the location of the waist shaping. This has improved the whole look and I’m so glad I decided not to simply make… Continue reading
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Nothing to write home about
It’s a funny thing, having nothing to write a blog post about, knowing it doesn’t matter, that it’s counter-productive to force it, but not quite being able to set aside the desire to write. I’ve been trying to decide which ink I should use on my main planner pages throughout March which is the month… Continue reading
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Metal Rat doffs his hat
The Year of the Rat has ended and not a moment too soon. When it started, Covid-19 was a mere rumour shrouded in mist, and I was blithely ignoring the suggestion that the first reappearance of the Metal Rat since the year of my birth was unlikely to turn out well. (You can read last… Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 