Crafty Little Rat

  I finished my Ziprelaxagon socks the other week. Finished objects just don’t seem to be flowing at the moment… life seems to be getting in the way. After Thursday evening we’ll have been to the bank 3 times in the last 2 weeks. Once to sort out something, then back because we forgot some important information and then to switch over the ISA to a better rate one. That and vets visits, with 3 lump removals in as many months (Esme first, then Gytha, then Maggie’s today) means coming home, sleeping and going back out again! Probably not helped by the long term project being a heavily cabled laceweight shawl. I do only have 15 rounds to go on that though; so I’m hoping for an October finish. Anyway, here’s a stretched out picture; I wore the socks on the day they were photographed and they are SO COMFY. The first sock was started on 2.0mm needles. You start with the foot, working upwards (the toe is added later) and there’s a choice of 3 unit sizes, small medium and large dependi...

  Things seem to be incredibly slow coming off the needles at the moment. This might be because I’m working on a large, long term project (Malgven) or because it feel like I’ve not been knitting lots this last week or two. I’ve been working on Septembers Secret Sock parcel. Rhys picked out Ziprelaxagon and some orange-yellow sock yarn I bought last year from Aldi. Sock one nearly done –I plan on knitting the cuffs at the same time. The sock has a really unique construction, It’s made up of modules, a bit like a cross between a mitred blanket and Entrelac. You start by casting on and knitting a hexagon shape; and then other hexagons are made by a combination of casting on stitches and picking up and knitting ones from other units; then doing a cool “zip” cast off to close them up. The patterns fully customisable to any foot shape by using different sized units, and then even more so if you adjust your needle size. For this sock the 9 foot units were done in medium size and the...

  It’s been a good few weeks of changes! My other half started a new job 2 weeks ago. We now work in the same building (though for different departments in the same office). We’ve talked about a car a lot of times before, but as it would have been a bigger benefit to me (1 hour commute, £3 a day bus fare) we felt it was more important for me to actually learn how to drive first! However now we work at the same place, both spending £6 a day on buss fare we thought it was time to get a car and I’ll take weekly driving lessons as I go – with practice in our car. This is Freddie, he shares his registration date with Mr Mercury’s birthday. He’s an Aquatic Blue Mazda 2, Tamura spec. I didn’t really want a brand new car – truth be told but at 0% finance it’s very hard to argue; we’d have needed to take out finance for a car anyway.   My Finished this week is my second Doctor Who Scarf. I love the way these look – but I’ve got to say I’m so so glad it’s finally done. Miles ...