Posted by sewjournal on March 21st 2012
I was sitting hand-quilting my In a Spin quilt this afternoon. I looked up and saw that Mr Tiggy had decided to stake his claim to an empty shelf in the Ikea cupboard I use for my stash. Previously the stash shared the cupboard with books but now that we have all those lovely new bookshelves I [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 19th 2012
Ugly, ugly TVs. I detest them. We just bought a cheap one, previously we didn’t have one in the lounge at all. However, it’s kept to the side and we only wheel out in front of the couch when we want to watch it. I still don’t like it though it’s so ugly. Hence the title: Now [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 16th 2012
I’ve had a few requests for the recipe for my Banana and Blueberry cake so I’m posting it here. Just a few things to note: as I make it, the cake contains no added sugar, I use Splenda™. This is an artificial sweetener that you can use measure for measure like sugar. So if you prefer sugar just substitute [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 14th 2012
Well all that careful, if amateurish, blocking paid off. Here’s the finished shawl and I’m really pleased with the way it turned out. I took the “crumpled” photo so you can see how beautifully it drapes. I do have a question for you experienced lace knitters out there. Do you have to re-block the shawl every time [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 13th 2012
I’ve finally finished my lace shawl! I think I spent more time unknitting than knitting on this one. The next task was to block the shawl. However, I do not possess a blocking board, blocking wires or T-pins so I had to make do with what I did have – a room whose carpet will [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 10th 2012
One of my lovely readers, Marla, has made two scarves from my free Moebius/scarf/cowl pattern and has kindly sent me some photos which she has agreed to let me share with you.The grey one is 100% wool and the coloured one is knitted with lambswool, mohair and silk yarn. Aren’t the colours just beautiful? And it [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 06th 2012
Some people never learn, do they? I think I might be one of those. :( A few days ago while I was lace knitting the end came off my needle. I didn’t think much about it and I just pushed it back on. Needless to say a little later it came off again and all the [...]
