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
I have entirely too many craft projects on at the moment, so I'm having a bit of a drive to clear the decks; and yesterday I finished the net stole, the one I showed you on the headrope a little while ago. Something like a stole is an
So, you know how I really wanted to do theatrical costuming? I got my wish. A drama group has just started up here (it met for the first time last week), so I went along and offered my services as official costume wizard, which were enthusiastically accepted. And it turns
Yesterday lunchtime I got my friend to draw round my foot, and the adventure began in earnest. She has a degree in engineering, so I was expecting precision; I didn't entirely get it. She got a pretty decent outline (except I noticed on the inside of the foot
There are very many ways to knit socks, and everyone has their own preferred method. I'm going to talk about mine; it may not be yours. Sadly I do not still own the pair of socks in the feature photo, and the only one I have of them