Posted by sewjournal on April 18th 2012
I’ve just finished knitting this 2ply cashmere scarf for my daughter. It is so very soft I just want to keep touching it. Look! A sale! I bought this lovely Cashmere yarn from Anne at Knitters Addiction. It was $19.80 for a 100g ball which is 1000yds (916m). That is enough for two scarves. Anyway [...]
Posted by sewjournal on April 17th 2012
This is what I’ve been up to the last few days. Cutting, marking and sewing. I’m hand-piecing a new quilt. Here’s a pic of the EQ pattern. I’m sticking to the layout but not the colours. Inner Creative Prize Winner Well there were only two entries and the one that made me laugh most was [...]
Posted by sewjournal on April 13th 2012
Out with the old and … You know how it is when you’re surfing through the blogs in your reader. Some of the blog’s you really used to enjoy have become ho-hum, or totally self-absorbed in a way that’s not interesting or sharing but that’s self-indulgent and I’m on the point of culling some I’ve followed for [...]
Posted by sewjournal on April 11th 2012
This week is my blog’s 2nd birthday and my ??th birthday. I was very lucky and received thoughtful gifts, money and flowers! Here are the flowers. I also received The Knitting Book by Frederica Patmore and Vikki Haffenden. I haven’t had a chance to read it in depth yet but I have to say it has the [...]
Posted by sewjournal on April 04th 2012
Last weekend I washed and blocked the Japanese Feathers Scarf I’ve been working on. These flexible, superfine blocking wires make it so much easier than when I blocked the shawl with pins alone. Anyway here’s the finished article. I showed it to my daughter on a FaceTime call the other day and she likes it so it [...]
Posted by sewjournal on April 02nd 2012
We all know that a quilt on a bed, on a chair, or on the floor is a cat magnet. See below: However, I have incontrovertible proof that it’s not just because they are horizontal and soft to lie on. Here is a photo of Mr Tiggy unable to resist the pull of a vertical [...]
Posted by sewjournal on March 31st 2012
Blocking Wires I’m sorry I’ve been absent but I’ve been very busy and and a little “blog-lazy”. I’ve finished knitting my Japanese Feather scarf and the other day my ultrafine blocking wires arrived so I’m hoping to get it blocked this weekend so I can show you the finished product next week. I bought these from Inspinknity and I notice at the moment they [...]
