Monthly Archives: May 2007

The view from our bedroom window. Thanks, Mindie — the knitting karma landed! Started September 2006, finished May 2007 (stockinette is boring).Yarn: Lisa Souza laceweight merino in ‘Wild Things’Pattern: Mim’s Seraphim ShawlModifications: first and most obvious, I converted the triangle … Continue reading →

sister/brother/friend/client/printer/cat (please delete as appropriate) I regret that I have been unable to reply to your letter/telephone message expressing concern/angry email/plaintive meow. I was exploring space-time with Dr Who/paralysed from the neck down by sudden illness/isolated from the rest of … Continue reading →

Not one of those purple things! They’re English bluebells, not triffids. But just imagine you could see tiny people down amongst their leaves… can you tell it’s Friday?I’ve only got 13 rows plus the bind-off to go. Barring accidents, I … Continue reading →

It has fangs. It’s devouring the second ball of laceweight as fast as I, its slave, can work. Eight hundred stitches in circumference means progress is slow but steady; I do an hour before I start work, for example, and … Continue reading →

Knitting and spinning after geography, I promise. Traditionally May Day Bank Holiday weekend (that’s the weekend just past, with holiday Monday) is the first weekend of the year when the urban/suburban British head for somewhere green. Many go for the … Continue reading →

I can’t resist them. Show me a hole in the pavement and I’m there, inspecting the bowels of the earth (aka water/sewer/electricity mains), looking for archaeology in the layers of history that form the sides of the hole. In knitting, … Continue reading →