If Hera is Listening
I’m writing this in the last minutes at my desk before I pack it all in and leave on the Rally. It’s dark and quiet in the house, but I can hear Ken getting dressed upstairs, getting ready for whatever … Continue reading →
Yarn Harlot
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Randomly on a Saturday
1. This morning I’m drinking coffee and getting ready to go ride 100km with Jen’s daughter Fenner. Fenner (I’m sure you know) is part of Team Knit for the third year and the fact that I’m going anywhere with her … Continue reading →
Team Knit 2026
Team Knit has Bike Rally problems. This should surprise no-one, considering that we are all human, and problems are a very human… problem. All of us are struggling to get to the Bike Rally this year. The Bike Rally is … Continue reading →
I can’t tell when the chicken got here.
I have been fighting the world’s worst case of startitis for a couple of weeks now. At least a couple of times a day I find myself wandering over to the ball winder and swift, sometimes even with yarn in … Continue reading →
Security
I’m sick today – some minor sort of dread lurgy the main symptoms of which seems to be low self-esteem and the overwhelming urge to lay around glumly watching the Olympics. It’s a raging snow-ice storm outside and I am … Continue reading →
Itty bitty
I am in limbo – I just finished my SISC socks, they’re off the needles and gone for a bath, and I don’t pull the next bag until the 1st of the month so I’ve got the littlest of sock … Continue reading →
Twenty-two
The kettle has just boiled and I’ve made myself a cup of tea. It is frigid outside. Absolutely bonkers cold and it’s only going to get colder and more snow is coming. (There is already rather a lot.) Each morning … Continue reading →
No winter lasts forever
I think by now we’ve all seen a version of that meme, the one where a person says “oh, wow- what a long week it’s been” and someone else says “Sharon, it’s Monday.” That right there, that exact thing is … Continue reading →
What’s math for anyway
Well, spoiler alert… Ranunculus fits just fine. This was not at all a guarantee, despite the rather ridiculous number of times that I checked before binding off and going back to do the neck. I felt compelled to pop back … Continue reading →
Out of the Blue
I was in a yarn shop a while ago and I saw a sweater and I loved it. It was short sleeved and summery and knit out of this great yarn (Cottage Fingering, 50% Merino, 20% Linen, 15% Silk, 15% … Continue reading →