Tag Archives: Archie

Excuses…and goodbye.

Once again I must make my excuses – I never finished blogging for Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, I haven’t shown you any finished objects or WIPs, and I’m afraid we must say goodbye to our daily photos of Archie. … Continue reading

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KCBWDAY4 – Colourful Corrie

Today’s challenge for Knit and Crochet Blog Week was to review your use of colour, and I discovered that I am one colourful Corrie! This didn’t come as too much of a surprise really, my Facebook and Twitter are always full … Continue reading

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KCBWDAY3 – Stash Composition

Today the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week prompt is to create an infographic – my chosen one is my stash composition. I fervently hoped when I saw the prompt that it was just Mimi being creative and that we wouldn’t … Continue reading

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KCBWDAY2 – Fairisle Mittens

The challenge for today on the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is to choose a mascot project that embodies the house or animal we chose yesterday – in my case, if you remember, the House of Monkey. Before I get … Continue reading

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KCBWDAY1 – House of Monkey

It’s the fourth Annual Knit and Crochet Blog Week, hosted by Eskimimi Knits, and today I’ve assigned myself to the House of Monkey! I know it doesn’t make much sense if you read that as a one-off sentence…I’ve just arrived … Continue reading

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April Resolutions Update

My internet is causing me so many problems that I’ve been trying to write this April Resolutions post for an entire day! My blogging is all done online so even writing the posts offline is impossible. My Facebook and Twitter … Continue reading

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WIP Wednesday – Riverton Cowl

I’m sitting in ‘my’ new bedroom, gazing at my suitcases and bags of clothes that have yet to be unpacked, knitting the Riverton Cowl and listening to “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” on Audible. So, I’ve arrived … Continue reading

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CSHC Show and Off on a Grand Adventure…tomorrow

Archie and I are all packed and ready to go down to Devon tomorrow. I’m nervous about it, and I have been sitting here trying to work out why for what feels like hours. It finally clicked when I was … Continue reading

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WIP Wednesday – Patchwork Blanket

When I started knitting seriously, I started making squares – one after the other after another, and when Wonder-Gran heard about this she decided I ought to make a Patchwork Blanket. The darling lady sat in her lounge for many … Continue reading

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Draco Malfoy is finished!

Draco Malfoy, the arch-nemesis of Harry Potter, my favourite villain, and the subject of my latest knitting project, is finished! If you had forgotten or missed it, I started knitting him about a year ago…well, OK, last July (2012), and … Continue reading

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