New Knitty
The Fall 2014 Knitty is out today and I'm very taken with Indigo Cones - the drape, the style, the dark blue: all wrapped up into one very wearable, very pretty summer cardi.
And judging how slow the Knitty website is at the moment, I think there are plenty of other people taking a look too.
And judging how slow the Knitty website is at the moment, I think there are plenty of other people taking a look too.
World Wide Knit in Public Day
Time to throw off my slippers and shawl, clear a pathway to the front door through the yarn and cats and prove to the man-on-the-street that knitters aren't just crazy old ladies with pointy sticks. Aha, yes there are crazy young people out there with pointy sticks too!
Take your pick of dates between 14 - 22 June as your World Wide Knit in Public Day. I'm going to the Love Knitting / Knit for Peace event in central London on Saturday 21st, and then having a picknit with the lovely Redbridge NCT Knitters on the 22nd. (It's a closed Facebook group, but feel free to join if you're local.)
As fab as it is to have an excuse to get out and meet other knitters, I wonder how long this event will last as a thing? I see more and more knitters out and about, and I already knit outside whenever I can sit down for longer than 60 seconds. Still, I really am looking forward to my weekend of knitting.
Take your pick of dates between 14 - 22 June as your World Wide Knit in Public Day. I'm going to the Love Knitting / Knit for Peace event in central London on Saturday 21st, and then having a picknit with the lovely Redbridge NCT Knitters on the 22nd. (It's a closed Facebook group, but feel free to join if you're local.)
As fab as it is to have an excuse to get out and meet other knitters, I wonder how long this event will last as a thing? I see more and more knitters out and about, and I already knit outside whenever I can sit down for longer than 60 seconds. Still, I really am looking forward to my weekend of knitting.
Experi-swatching
I'm a bit disheartened with my own knitting this week. I've been messing about with a cotton yarn for my contoured intarsia ideas, but the lack of elasticity means the yarn doesn't have the forgiveness I need to keep the frequent increases and decreases tidy. I've got a couple more ideas, but I'd really wanted to be actually working on my summer top by now. Ah well, knitting and patience go hand in hand I guess.