Posted in FO, gloves, knitting, yarn on March 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have finished half a pair of Dashing!
These (when finished) will be for D, and as modelled here, they seem to fit pretty well. I knit this one on 4.5mm dpns in the ’smaller’ pattern size. D has rather large hands, but my gauge was out, so I sort of guessed.
This has been my [...]
Posted in blogging, knitting, writing on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
‘Change’ seems to be my word of the week here at pen & purl. You might have noticed I’ve just amended the subtitle of my blog to read ‘thoughts on knitting (mostly) and writing (some)…’. Before it was something like ‘thoughts on writing, knitting, photography and more’ and I think it’s now slightly more accurate [...]
Posted in knitting on March 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
It’s finally cool enough here in Perth to get back in the habit of wearing something on my feet at home. And as always, Mum keeps D and I in good supply of knitted slippers (I mentioned these earlier, but with no picture). I currently have about four pairs to choose from, all in random [...]
Posted in FO, knitting, yarn on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The ‘to cut or not to cut’ crisis I posted about earlier is over! I decided (on D’s Mum’s advice) to reknit the seams of the thyme rib top about an inch in, undo the original seam and steam back the excess on either side. It fits much better now, although feels a little ‘padded’ [...]
Posted in knitting, shopping, yarn on March 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It came!
The parcel that I’d been waiting for from the Knittery was delivered this afternoon, just after I posted about having to waaaaaaaait so looooooong. (Okay, it wasn’t really THAT long, more like five working days.)
Here it is:
Can you tell I was a little excited…?
The contents in all their glory:
Unpacked and settling in:
There was [...]
Posted in knitting, magazines, malaysia, shopping, travel, writing on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Neither of my expected wool parcels have turned up yet! So I continue to wait on our friends at Australia Post. Surely they will come today…?
In the meantime, it seems the next issue of Yarn is out:
I bought the last one:
And am thinking about a subscription. It has a good mix of patterns and knitting [...]
Posted in books, knitting, shopping on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Yarn Harlot seems to be something of a celebrity in the knitting blogosphere these days and from what I can gather, has been for quite a while. She has a ridiculously large following, writes and knits excessively well and manages to do so with a fabulous sense of humour. She’s published a couple of [...]
The beginning of the week!
This week, I hope, will involve more writing and less knitting. I really need to get some words down on the dissertation as technically I only have TWO MONTHS until it should be handed in; April and May. It’s due June 1st. (Eeeek!)
It’s going to take a bit of determination [...]
Posted in blogging, knitting on March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was getting a little bored of the blue / black theme I had before and have opted for this simple, white theme. Hopefully you like it! I think I do, but might get around to changing the header at some stage..
A little more knitting today – Mum’s garter stitch scarf.
Also, have been [...]
Posted in FO, baby knits, knitting on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two are complete:
They are both made to this knitted turtle cloth pattern and knit in Jo Sharp DK cotton. The blue is knit on 3.25mm needles (which gives a weight that I think I prefer) and the pink on 4mm. I’m knitting them in advance as gifts for friends that are expecting in the next [...]
