What a difference it makes finally having a wool that I really want to knit with. Whilst I liked the softness of the yarns I used for my lilac cardigan, the garment ended up being far from my original concept and I didn't actually like how it looked when I wore it. This left me…
I’m happy to say I’ve had a positive start to 2023 on the knitting front. I cast on a pair of socks with one of my Christmas yarns just before New Year and finished them this week. This was the perfect little palate-cleanser project after the long haul of my pink cardigan and the completion…
I've put in some proper knitting time over the Christmas break and finished that pair of socks which I promised I'd get done before the end of the year. I'm pleased. The two yarns I've used co-ordinate well and, though there's an obvious demarkation between leg and foot, it doesn't look massively out of place.…
We've been enjoying a run of frosty mornings here in the East of England, and what better way to celebrate than to wear my recently-completed sparkly socks? I enjoyed working on these and they were a nice, speedy knit. The wool, West Yorkshire Spinners' Signature Sparkle 4-ply in the Silent Night shade, behaved perfectly with…
New socks! I had a very productive weekend as you can see. I made a pact with myself that I would finish the Owl socks over the weekend then spent Saturday faffing around with anything else I could lay my hands on. So, I got up on Sunday and knuckled down to knit pretty much…
Being gender-stereotypical in this instance, I cannot find anything much - actually, at all - to interest me in ProgRock (Progressive Rock music). On the other hand, ProgSock (Progress on my Sock) is just my cup of tea. I've had an interesting week immersed in my novel-editing (I ramble on about my progress over at…
Pam Alison Knits 