February Lady – Cardi knitted top down
And, yes, it was finished in February! (albeit two years later…)
Knitting toe-up socks two at once
Tern, originally uploaded by Goldtop. Got up crazy early last Saturday to take a class at KnitNation. It was with Chrissy Gardiner and it was my last go at learning to knit socks; if this didn’t get me on the road, nothing would! Fortunately Chrissy is a great teacher – and gets extra points for ...
Twist Collective & Knit Nation
How come Twist Collective has so many great patterns each issue?? I already want to cast on two sweaters (Ormolu for me, Tanit’s Jacket for my mum… if anyone with nothing better to do, needed to knit me Sabbatical or Kirigami, I’d be a grateful recipient!*) and I’ve only just skimmed through the Winter issue… I’m also ...
Knit a dinosaur; have it star in a film on the Southbank!
From The Londonist: Matthew Robins makes animated stories and will be presenting his ‘Shadow Operas’ featuring Flyboy. New episodes from the series will be shown on Fridays, performed in front of and projected onto the National Theatre Flytower, followed by a double-bill of Robins’ work on Saturdays. For the double-bill on Saturday 15 August, he ...
Knitting poetry
I remember a while back reading about a woman sending out words from her book to be tattooed on willing participants… This is a whole lot less painful! The Poetry Society is celebrating it’s centeneray this year, and they are asking for volunteers to knit a letter each of a peom to be revealed at the end ...
Matching one’s knitting to one’s outfit
Ok, so it’s no longer February but the Lady Sweater is still in progress… I may be the only one at knitting group today but standards musn’t slip… I subconciously must know this as F.L.S’s yarn colour matches my dress :)
