I’ve finally finished my green lacey scarf in Popcorn. It went very quickly once I actually spent a chunk of time on it (it was my party project). It’s very soft and looks good, but the yarn didn’t block very nicely. Next time I wash it I will try to stretch it further so that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘WIPs’
One FO, one WIP and some yarn that is oh so loooovely.
Posted in Charity, FOs, Projects, WIPs, Yarns, tagged FOs, promisespromises, WIPs, Xmasknitting, Yarns on 3 January, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A fo, a wip and some delicious yarns.
Posted in FOs, WIPs, Yarns, tagged FOs, WIPs, Xmasknitting, Yarns on 22 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While we were staying with Scroob in London, I coveted this delicious camel/silk yarn in colourway Nova Scotia. Alas, at £25 a skein it was a bit beyond my meagre budget. My bear (who I love millions) remembered* my coveting and 2 skeins recently arrived for me as a late birthday present, via Scroob’s mother-in-law [...]
Seams suck.
Posted in WIPs, tagged WIPs, Xmasknitting on 6 October, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I get a bit despondent when I’m nearly finished a project. All my pieces are done, they all match and I should be going “yay!!” but instead I’m dreading the sewing-up. My seams are bad. I’ve learned Kitchener stitch, but that only works for two “live” edges. I’ve learned the seaming method for stocking stitch [...]
