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Handspun Corridale/Alpaca Cardigan in the Making
Seems I am not very prolific on my blog at the moment – much of my time is being taken up with my online women’s wellbeing magazine Brandlady.com. I have been updating and streamlining the article submission area to make it easier for writers to submit their work. And also adding a few things to the magazine. One addition is “In the News” which is being hosted by Clare Hudd of A Krafty Catch. She will report on items of interest specifically relating to women, the new “Army Couture” currently taking pride of place. On the knitting front, I’m still awaiting delivery of my knitting needles. Having discovered I needed…
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Knitting on a ‘Go Slow’
Don’t know about France being on a go slow with the new retirement age reform, but at this end of the world the knitting side of things is definitely on a go slow. Not from choice however, more from a case of being distracted with other happenings in the household. At least I have one mitten completed and the other well underway. A bit of domestic news – thank goodness we missed most of the high winds and floods that seem to have found most people down the east coast – only a couple of showers of rain and very little wind. With kids back at school, its time to…
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Knitting for Therapy
Those of us who have been knitting for many years do not think about it as being a therapy, we just carry on regardless. But for newcomers, particularly those with pain or other health problems, knitting can be a lifesaver – literally. The advantages far outweigh any minor disadvantages, like cost of supplies. When it comes to health, one always, or nearly always, does what is best for yourself. Knitting is proving to be one of the ‘must do’ practical self-help therapies. Besides which, once started, it becomes very addictive with some, if they can, moving on to dyeing their own yarn or spinning their own wool. Not to get…
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Multicoloured Knitting Yarns
Shopping should be banned! It’s the most time-wasting, no-entity there is on this planet. Whoever says they like shopping, food shopping that is, ought to be banished to Mars. After the weekly drudge of trawling through the supermarket, waiting in loooong queues at the checkout, then having to drag the bags into the car, I think we all deserve the best glass of wine there is to offer. Plus it takes us away from the most important occupation – Knitting. And talking about knitting, the ‘quick scarf’ I started last week is finished. A little disappointing and annoying as whoever was at the winding machine in the factory to create…
