Knitting on the Green

Matilda (Tilda/Tildapig/Pig), 5 September 1994-29 April 2007 Possibly the world's most opinionated cat; keener on men than women, but fr...

This entry's been a long time coming, but last Tuesday I was 40. Since then, it seems to have been a very pleasant but somewhat unending...

Some knitting! in progress! I've finished one of the Secret Projects and nearly finished another... Meanwhile, those Mason-Dixon ladies ...

Anyone remember these? My parents are clearing their loft - I'd resisted looking at the boxes of soft toys when I went up last month, an...

(Anyone remember the book of short stories by this title by Jane Gardam? I found it in one of the boxes of books my parents brought down and...

After several days' fighting with buses (I will not rant here about the new timetable; everyone I've had the misfortune to run into ...

I've found my New Favourite Sock Yarn - Colinette Jitterbug , in this case, the Fruit Coulis colourway (thanks again, Jan !) ... it'...

A few more pictures from last weekend; mostly just nice images. The roof of the Sage - I'd love to see this as a knitted thing... prefer...

Last weekend I went up to County Durham to visit my parents; on the Sunday we went to Newcastle, to look at the Sage and the Baltic , neith...

At the weekend I decided that rather than cast on yet another sweater in my lovely new Kureyon, I really had to get my jacket-version of Rag...

While everyone was at Wingham on the Sunday, Rosie and I decided to bunk off and see a bit of Haworth. We walked down the hill from the ho...

Thanks to advice from Isabella , Sue and Ruth at SkipNorth last weekend, I've got my Louët wheel out of the corner this week. I'v...

So; here are the fruits of the weekend. I've sorted them out into type... First, the dyeables. Top left, 1100g of pure wool Aran from C...

Home again - neither of the cats left home while I was away... It was a lovely weekend - lots of enthusiastic, knowledgeable knitters; learn...

The clothes (note, this is not a large suitcase)... Tilda's opinion on what I should be packing... And the suitcase more or less packed....