Progress on Black Coffee bumped into two roadblocks today, one minute, the other gargantuan. The first: lack of yarn. The second: my need to weigh pros and cons for an hour before spending money on yarn. Charging along merrily, congratulating myself on not fucking up the cast-on/join-do-not-twist stage, and then admiring some of the nicest [...]
Also tagged Black Coffee, Yarn makes it all betterI gotta ‘fess up — I didn’t finish all the Unfinished Business that I had hoped to before we moved house. I’d like to tell you that it was by the skin of my teeth, that it was entirely due to bad luck and that I was *that* close to finishing all the knitting projects, [...]
Also tagged Mossy Tendrils, reading time, Silver Sands, The Big Pre-Move ChallengeSo I mentioned before that I’m using my forthcoming Moving Day (just under three weeks now) to light a fire under my reading list — trying to get all my half-read books completed before the day of the shift. Well, this is part of a broader plan to really get stuck into my To-Do box [...]
Also tagged Mossy Tendrils, Silver Sands, skew, The Big Pre-Move ChallengeAs promised, some details on the zombie bunnies. About a hundred years ago (or so), I came across the Wee Bunny pattern and, at the time, thought it was just too, too cute and had to make it. Downloaded the pattern, coaxed my Nan into surrendering some of her dainty chintz quilting cotton squares in [...]
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