Here I go again

Here I am, all set to cast on a new knit. I've got the needles, I've got the book, and I've spent a productive couple of hours this morning winding balls of wool from skeins. I'm pleased to say my shoulder didn't grumble at all over its winding duties, which must mean my lighten-the-load efforts…

Build your own jumper

I think it might be interesting to expand upon my plans for the Coconut Ice jumper and explain how I use the elements in the book One Thousand Sweaters by Amanda Griffiths to "build" a sweater. First, a bit about the book. It is spiral bound and the pattern pages are split in two horizontally…

Nothing exciting

Yes, I must admit from the start that this isn't an exciting knit, but it is a new cast-on and I am picking it up regularly, which just goes to show how vast the chasm can be between 'exciting' and 'interesting'. I was in two minds whether to put 'worthwhile' there instead of 'interesting', but…