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 Bonney blue-eyes
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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 Upside, downside
When it’s right
I'm not sure if it's the best way to check whether you are on the right track, but it seems to me that the ease with which you accomplish a task is a general indicator of how well that task fits with your natural inclinations. The speed with which I whipped through the leg and… Continue reading When it’s right
Twinsets
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said "True,It isn't much fun for One, but TwoCan stick together," says Pooh, says he."That's how it is," says Pooh."A. A. Milne, Us Two, from the poetry collection Now We Are Six All my pondering about base garments to wear under… Continue reading Twinsets
The pain, the gain
I have had piercings in my ears since 1976 and through all the intervening years I have flip-flopped between wearing ear-rings regularly and not wearing them for months or years. When I don’t wear ear-rings at all, everything is fine. When I wear ear-rings regularly everything is also fine: I take them out at night,… Continue reading The pain, the gain
