One of my knitting resolutions for 2017 was to blog more often. It’s now February 21st so I have a lot of catching up to do! Blogging aside, I’ve set a number of goals and resolutions for the year. I put knitting projects or finished objects in the “goals” list and changes…
UFOs
What’s on the needles – June 2015
I’ve decided to do a little update this week and show you what I’m currently working on. I’m still rearranging my craft room to get everything sorted and stored effectively, and part of this sorting involved frogging a lot of projects that I’d lost interest in. As a result, I only have…
Three More
Three more UFOs are off the list. This is pretty impressive – well, I’m impressed. It means of the sixteen UFOs I started out with on 4 December 2011, there are only three left to do. It feels great to be getting them finished or frogged and I’ve actually enjoyed the process….
Too Hot for Alpacas
It’s 40 degrees Celsius here today (104 F). Naturally I had to go outside wearing a fair-isle alpaca and wool hat so I could bring you some rushed photos of another completed UFO. This is a prototype for a design that I just can’t give up on. It needs more work to get the…
Extreme Makeover
Blocking is magic. It turns an ugly, crumpled UFO into art. This is the UFO I’m happiest about finishing so far. When you saw it last it looked like this. But yesterday I decided to finish it. So I got stuck in and knitted up two more balls of the lovely greenish/mustard Merino Totem…
Cheesecake & Cats at Christmas
Well it’s now December 27 and Geoff ate the last of the Christmas cheesecake for breakfast. I think I can safely say I never want to see a cheesecake again. That’s the problem when there are only two of you in a household – a cheesecake takes days to eat. We got…