Knitting Now and Then

I said last month that I was knitting a pair of fingerless mitts in twined knitting - all inspired originally by somehow volunteering to do ...

Last weekend I went to Sheringham youth hostel for a knitting weekend.  As last year , it was organised by the Leighton Buzzard branch of...

I have just finished the Bonham mitts that I was knitting at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate at the end of last month.  T...

Yesterday afternoon I was at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate.  I wasn't there as as a visitor, but as part of  'Craft...

I finished sewing in the ends of yarn on my On the Other Hand mitts a couple of days ago, and pressed them.  I wore them today at Lee Mills...

The last instalment of the On the Other Hand Mystery Knit Along was issued last Friday,  Lots of participants have already finished their mi...

It's now week 2 of the   On the other Hand  Mystery Knit Along , so we have the instructions for the hand part, including the thumb guss...

We are in the first week of the On the other Hand  Mystery Knit Along fingerless mitts, so we are knitting the cuffs.  There is a choice of ...

Yesterday being Thursday, I went to my local yarn shop, Spun , for the regular knit-and-natter session.  Lydia has a display of winter knits...

Unlike some writers of knitting blogs, I don't make many knitted Christmas presents. (Too much pressure!)  But this year, I made a pair ...

I have just finished the Baht 'At fingerless mitts from Ann Kingstone's Born & Bred book.  Very timely, as it has turned out...

Now that Christmas Day is past, I can write about a pair of fingerless gloves/mitts that I made for my daughter as a Christmas gift.  I ...

I mentioned quite a while ago that I was knitting a pair of gloves.  It has taken me a long time to finish them - not only the knitting, but...

Earlier this week I went to Leeds to see my dentist - I had broken a piece off a tooth.  (Flossing my teeth!!  Although he says that it w...

  I have not been going much to the Tuesday Knit Night at the George Hotel recently, but I did go the week before last, and found Ann ...

Knitted Comforts for Men on Land and Sea Here is another pattern booklet from the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection at Lee M...

Now that Christmas Day is past, I can write about the things I made as surprise presents.  I sent my daughter and her girlfriend a pair of...