I'm currently lost in mitten world. I can't quite describe it with words. I just can't stop knitting them and can't help noticing patterns and textures in my day to day life that would look great on mittens... Everything around me is a potential pair of mitten waiting to be knitted. I have been eagerly … Continue reading Mushroom Mittens
I knitted this hat a few weeks ago. It wasn't for me, it was a request from a friend. I knitted it using local wool, grown by the Lleyn and Jacob sheep of my local biodynamic farm. You may vaguely remember reading me talking about this hat around here before - in blog posts like this one - back … Continue reading Thrift Hat
... Keeps the doctor away! My brain turned into wool, spun itself into yarn and I knitted it into a wearable mandala: Yes. The fair isle tam aka Thrift Hat by Outi Kater is pretty much completed. It's been blocked and is now drying nicely on my home made tam stretcher. I wrote pretty much because it … Continue reading A mandala a day…
I have been using geometry as a form a of meditation lately... Painting mandalas... and knitting away this fair isle tam... Nearly done! :) I have read that drawing a mandala balances the brain, as both the right side and the left sides are required. I am sure that fair isle knitting balances the brain … Continue reading Geometry
I will knit on a boat. I will knit with a goat. I will knit in the train. I will knit in the rain. I will knit with a fox. I will knit in a box. I will knit with a mouse. I will knit in a house. I will knit here or there. I … Continue reading Happy Knit In Public Day!
As Life Explorers and Experimenters, Boy and I are not really put off by rainy days... There are always so many ideas to experiment with... We may not choose to spend hours wandering in the woods on such days - well we did that on a few occasions this week, before the weekend anyway. Although we did … Continue reading The voice of the rain…
