As I mentioned before, buying wool out here in La ALpujarra isn’t easy. I’ve been here for a couple of months now and there are some shops peddling wool, but still, it’s nothing to get very excited about. Do I generally get very excited about wool, you may ask? Well, actually, I can get pretty [...]
Finding wool in the Alpujarra turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. I thought all those nice little old ladies would be whiling away the autumnal nights sitting around knitting by the fire. Hopefully with some homebrewed local liquor. They have quite a few of those local drinks that they produce after [...]
Ok, this is a fiddly bit. My first go didn’t work out as an undivided success, because you really do need a tapestry needle. Never thought I’d say this, but go out and get yourself a tapestry needle! The mere thought of it makes me feel very medieval somehow. Maybe once I get bored with [...]
Now I am a lady, so swearing on my blog should of course be kept to a minimum. I must say that knitting the gusset on two circular needles has almost been my unravelling (yes, pun intended). Somehow they seem to skip this part. However, a lot of perseverance will prevail and I, too, got [...]
Yesterday I got so excited about finally getting somewhere with this sock project I knitted til my fingers were sore. Things were great, until I realized that even though the shaft I was knitting was very nice, at some point I’d have to get started on The Heel.
No worries, I thought, I’ll turn to Cat! [...]
I’ve been trying to knit this blasted first sock for years and after all this time I have become wary of stuff like ‘knitting for absolute beginners’ etc. DPNS are simply out of my league, but last week I saw a video on circular knitting by Cat Bordhi and it looked totally doable. I stormed [...]
I can’t even get my husband to put on shoes, let alone get him to knit, but this video might help:
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The on going saga of knitting my first sock. Finally, I’ve found a good video that might help!
I am trying to knit my first sock. Using DPNS is a nightmare, so I’m swithing to circular needles as shown by Cath Bordhi.
On my honeymoon I bought these lovely wooden knitting needles to while away the long jetlagged nights by the fire!
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