Monthly Archives: December 2011
Paws For Thought
You’ve seen this bad boys before. Many times. You know that they broke my heart. For a long time (actual length of time: the hours it took to knit the second mitten), I thought that it was my own thumb … Continue reading
Hooks Divine
Aren’t these handles just fabulous? Colourful, beautiful, and comfortable to use. Guess what they are! Crochet hooks! It is so important to have tools that are full of glamour and gorgeousness, isn’t it. Who would hook with grey plastic crap … Continue reading
Surface Tension
This is one from the deeeeeep recesses of the WIP chest. This one languished and lay neglected until the great WIP-down of August (?) this year. This event was where I tanked myself up on coffee and courage, and threw … Continue reading
Answers To Your Questions
It’s been ages since I did Google Penance! For those who don’t remember, Google Penance is when you look at your site stats, look at the phrases that people have been typing into Google that led them to your site. Usually … Continue reading
Open Source Headwear
Open Source Headwear – because it’s a Red Hat! See what I did there! (I’m delighted with myself, don’t pop my bubble of happy.) This is the first item I’ve made from the Jared Flood pattern book I scored so … Continue reading
Six Activist Feminist Steps You Can Take Using Just Your Knitting
Step One: Buy This is not hard. We buy yarn all the time! And patterns, and notions. Hmmmm in-stashing. But realise that your Purchasing has Power. Choose wisely where and what you buy. There are so many women who have … Continue reading
New Pattern! Bobblehead Ray
Very simple, very warm, very one-skein, very quick-to-knit, very free. Lisa said ‘We should have a bobbly hat pattern in the shop!’ so I knit this, and wrote down how! Here’s the blurb… This is the hat that non-knitters imagine … Continue reading
Some Better Pictures
Some better pictures of the Bed of Roses blanket and the Woodstock mittens. Not amazing pictures, but definitely better! Thank you Sarah for lending me her elegant modelly hands. How was your week? It’s been mixed for me! Good: I … Continue reading
