“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to knitting something fabulous …not going all the way, and not starting.”
(Buddha, 563-483 B.C.)

I think copied that quote down correctly, anyway. I can’t remember if Buddha actually said ‘knitting something fabulous’ or ‘peace’, but it was one of the two.
So, I am currently [...]

Today is cold, grey and showery (a typical Bank Holiday weekend in other words) but the onset of autumn and winter always gives occasion to look forward to wearing more warm and snuggly knits.
Roll on the snow!

The Baktus scarf is finished and blocked.
I was reading about the inspiration for the name ‘Baktus’ and found that Baktus and Karius are characters from a  Norwegian children’s book – they are two trolls that live in the teeth, and Bactus is a play on words from ‘bacteria’.  Anyway, thinking this scarf to be too [...]

A digital weighing scale is a handy thing to have in your knitting kit.  Most digital kitchen scales that work in 1g increments will suffice for the needs of most knitters.  I actually have a small digital jewellery scale that works in increments of 1/10th of a gram, but I have had them for many [...]

Some people seem to have an innate sense of what colours look good together, whereas some people feel so overwhelmed by the thought of combining several shades into a one outfit that they end up sticking to what they know and living a monotone life.  I have pretty strong ideas about which colours I like. [...]

A year and a half ago I was wandering around a bookstore when Craig picked up a book called ‘I Love Knitting’ and held it out to me. I couldn’t tell you what made him push the book into my hands for me to look at, but I felt like I should buy it. [...]

I am now an exhausted Mimi in London.  Today I went for a picnic in a nature (not naturist) reserve with my cousin, nephew/2nd cousin type person of a grand 2 years old, and grandmother, where we ate (unintentionally) warm sandwiches and melted Kit-Kats.  With my first face-full of sunshine for about a month I [...]

I was hoping to have a picture of my latest ‘work in progress’ to share today, but at the moment it would be very unimpressive. Last night I cast on and knit but a few rows in anticipation of the train journey I knew I was to do today, and hoped to get 2½ [...]

The Federal Trade Commission in America has this month issued a consumer alert regarding bamboo fabrics. Under the pun-filled title ‘Have You Been Bamboozled by Bamboo Fabrics?’ the article seems to be anything but a laughing matter. A lengthy discussion on the Ravelry Yarn forums gives some indication of the confusing nature of the recent [...]

What inspires the things you knit?  Do you browse the internet for other people’s projects and find something that you like, then acquire the materials for it?  Do you sift through your constantly expanding stash and try to find a project for the yarn you already have?  Do you just pick up your yarn and [...]

The gift of socks has been given, so we had an impromptu photoshoot in the hallway.  The verdict on the socks was that they were both comfortable and well-fitting, which is all I was hoping for.  By the amount of strutting around that was done, they seemed to be liked.
I now have a bit of [...]

I completed my latest pair of socks yesterday evening, happy to kitchener shut the final toe section and rush them to the bathroom for a soak and onto my makeshift sock blockers before turning in for the night. It’s taken me ten days to complete these socks, far longer than the other pairs, just [...]

Last year, a few months after I had started to learn how to knit, and when the weather had started to turn cold as the first signs of winter approached, I turned my mind to the possibility of doing a bit of Christmas knitting.  The person I most wanted to knit something for was my [...]

How many knits have you sent out into the wild? have they all found happy homes and owners to care for them, or have some ended up unloved, maybe even abused?
Meet my first ever pair of knitted socks:
They are not particularly beautiful, but they were the original. I had been putting off knitting [...]

Do you have any of Cascade’s Rustic yarn in your stash?  Or a sweater made of Harrisville Flax & Wool blend, perhaps?
Wool (well known for it’s warmth and comfort) and linen (made from the fibres of the flax plant, and valued for its crispness and coolness) are a popular blend of fibres for suits and [...]