Posted by sewjournal on February 02nd 2012
Here’s where I got up to with my knitting before the wrist problem. It’s the tunic from Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Knitting Book using Noro Kureyon yarn. My wrist feels much better after many days of no handwork so I might just test it out today and see how I go.
Posted by sewjournal on January 27th 2012
Last weekend we ventured into Newtown and found a lovely new coffee shop at 413 King Street, called A Coffee & A Yarn. Great coffee, friendly service and some lovely knitting yarns. I especially liked the mulberry silk. And if you haven’t brought your own knitting and you’re just itching to knit a row or two [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 11th 2012
The Scarf Well I finished my scarf and because of the way I did my lace pattern it snaked across the surface culminating in two angled ends instead of two straight ends. It furls really nicely. You can see in this photo here. (Ignore the wool hanging off the ends I hadn’t sewn them in at this stage.) The [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 07th 2012
I have decided that unless I really, really need some fabric to finish something that I am going to attempt not to buy any more fabric for the whole of 2102. Before the end of 2011 I did order some fabrics to fill some glaring stash gaps and some of these arrived the other day. Here they are. Some yellow solids and some [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 06th 2012
I got the knitting bug over the break and I really wanted to knit a fine yarn lacy shawl. I’m a reasonably accomplished knitter but I have to say I had problems with the patterns I found. Some of them had instructions which were incorrect but which I didn’t find out until several hours into the shawl! I tried four different patterns and ended up undoing [...]
Posted by sewjournal on May 18th 2011
It lived for only 24 hours and then died! Again… The next time I tried to turn it on, nothing at all, even with the ministrations of Robert via text messages! Back on the laptop PC which is struggling using Out-of-Date software. I think I need a new computer but they are so expensive. I [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 16th 2011
I’ve finished my second spiral scarf. I’ve taken pictures of both of them so that you can see the differences in the colours. The first has more purples and lavenders and the second more pinks and corals. While I’m pleased with the finished results I’m not a happy camper with regards to the yarn. The last [...]
