Monthly Archives: August 2006

I should have posted this yesterday, but I was working. So pretend this is yesterday and the exciting yarn-related stuff that happened today will appear later. Friday, er, today is hectic at the best of times because it’s preparation for … Continue reading →

I’ll explain that in due course 🙂 First, I thought I’d show you why my sister deserves 1000m of Sea Silk. Some pre-wedding photos are up (scroll down to August 9). See?* And Jonathan deserves the alpaca/silk scarf. I’m enjoying … Continue reading →

For me, a knitting project always has a promising start. The yarn sits there, immaculate balls (I don’t spin yet) alive with possibility. It could be almost anything, why not this? The needles gleam, and me? I can do it. … Continue reading →

Friday was our 28th wedding anniversary. Objectively, it seems like A Very Long Time. Subjectively? I haven’t really noticed it passing (save the odd 10 minutes or so), despite this being more than half my life. The Anti-divorce wine* was … Continue reading →

Warning: this isn’t about knitting. Or weaving. At least not directly. I spent lunchtime sitting outside – it’s just warm enough – eating pecorino and tomatoes and balsamic vinegar, reading, ripping out an error in my pink socks and intermittently … Continue reading →

I didn’t notice. This certainly isn’t, well, writing this is, but it’s a break from frantically trying to bring work up-to-date. At least I’ve done the washing and the ironing! We’ve been in western Canada aka Home for 10 days, … Continue reading →