You know I said last time that nobody ever talks about "4-ply" meaning two different things on opposite sides of the Atlantic? Well, this time I've got something even more fundamental to do with knitting that nobody ever talks about, and it's this. How
Have I done a craft book review here yet? I don't think I have. This seems like a good time to do it, because although I'm still crafting like billy-o, it's all stuff you already know about. There's another baby hat on
...that is the question. Well, it was. It didn't take very long to answer it. I finished netting the shawl on Wednesday night (and, yes, the script is edited! Go me! I expect it'll still need editing again, but at least everyone's happy for
Well, here they finally are; at least, here's one of them, because it's just easier to do it that way when you have balance issues. After all, they're both the same, and my feet are (within reasonable limits) the same size, so if you&
I think I've explained about square mesh netting before, but here is a quick reminder: it's worked diagonally, just like any other kind of netting, but you start from one corner and work across to the opposite corner. If you're doing a rectangle, then
Remember Harry the Cape? My very first post here, I believe? Well, I'm still wild about Harry; he gets worn all the time. He's not just useful over drapey things, but even if I'm wearing a jumper or knitted jacket underneath, he's
No, I didn't knit this. Although I'm tempted to do it at some point (I know several people who'd love one of these as a gift). It's more a sort of visual joke; the point being that if you're a
There has been a lot going on over here - there always is; but I've still been working away at those socks in odd moments. Socks are always a slower job than you think they're going to be, or, at least, than I think they'
It turns out that this is my 100th post; that came round quickly! It also happens to be St Valentine's Day, as if anyone could forget that fact, given the deluge of commercial e-mails that one gets. I have one company that's decided I am a
Excuse the knickers. I did very nearly crop them off, but in the end I thought I'd let you see how the suspender belt works, because I strongly suspect it's like one of mine... and if our Alice is about my size, she'll be
So, now, thanks to the excellent (and probably late) Mr Holdgate, I'm not only a competent netter again, but also a far better netter than I originally was; and I'm delighted. There is just that little wrinkle of trying to find something suitable to use as
So I have finally got to the point in Mr Holdgate's book that I wanted it for in the first place, namely square-mesh netting. (I did, I admit, skip the bag with the cane handles, largely because I didn't have any; though it was labelled as