Knitting on the Green

So. The torch will be passed on to Sochi at Vancouver tonight... and I've managed to finish my Olympic projects. This was looking very ...

The Ravelympics progress is, well, progress... Neither of these pieces of knitting existed until last Saturday morning, so I've knitted ...

The lovers , by John Connolly [audiobook]. Oxford: Isis, 2009. Read by Jeff Harding. Charlie Parker finally investigates his past - we'...

It's all been quite slow around here at Knitting on the Green. The Seasonal Thing I usually get has been absent for the last couple of y...

It's the fifth annual cyberposting of poetry to celebrate St Brigid/Bridget's day. Officially this is tomorrow; but depending on wh...

Hi, Anonymous Rachel: you won the blog competition last week, but I haven't heard from you - do please send me an e-mail to liz AT lizma...

I had a phase before Christmas where I was getting very near the end of several books, but had so little to read of each that it wasn't ...

Thanks to the 8 people who put in estimates/guesstimates for the end-of-year competition; there was a good span of guesses, none of which we...

... of a thaw, seems to me, is knitting of a hot water bottle cover... I'm sure that by the time I do the decreases on this one over the...

NaBloPoMo isn't really working for this month. Partly it's the freezing temperatures; mostly it's spending 6+ hours each day ju...

Gave up entirely on my normal train route today, and went both ways via Liverpool Street, doubtless to the distress of the people who normal...

... was definitely taking the garden in hand. I went out there today, and although it's pretty desolate at the moment (and covered in th...

... is nothing. Well, about today's transport, anyway. Oh, OK. SIX AND A HALF HOUR RETURN JOURNEY TO WORK. I think that's all anyone...

The railways. (I typed failways in originally - I nearly left it there). The best thing about them - actually, on my line, normally, they r...

I went into Peter Jones last Tuesday in my lunch hour, and stumbled, swiping my John Lewis card on the way down. The main purchase was a wh...

A nice pot of Hattiali , from Palais des Thés (thanks, Wibbo !), with my favourite crockery, while listening to Broadcasting House, The Arc...

I don't tend to make big New Year resolutions. Usually, January and February are just months to be endured rather than enjoyed, and putt...

Happy New Year! 2009 was a reasonable one for me - no major changes, no terrible events for me personally although several friends went thro...

Christmas knitting 2009 Items on list : 17 (unchanged) Items started : 17 (+2) Items finished : 16 (+2) Net progress since Sunday - +2 Item...

Christmas knitting 2009 Items on list : 17 (unchanged) Items started : 15 (+2) Items finished : 14 (+3) Net progress this week - +3 As ever...