http://www.heatherknits.com/blog Where Heather waffles on about knitting and anything else which crosses her mind. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:30:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow! It is definitely starting to melt now, but was exciting while it lasted. Sadly I wasn't quick enough to dash out and make a quick snowman - not sure there was enough snow for it either, and I may possibly ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2009/01/05/snow-2/ We are having a nice quiet New Year, with some knitting and the latest experimental chili from the book Paul got for Christmas (today's was good but we have even higher hopes for tomorrow's!). I don't really go in for new year resolutions, my plan for 2009 is to become a ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2009/01/01/happy-new-year-2/ I have just finished reading Knitting in the Old Way: Designs and Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson (a very interesting read by the way). The last chapter is on combining crochet with knitting, and they talk about the differences between Eastern and Western crochet. Basically ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/29/eastern-crochet/ I hope that you are all enjoying a very happy and knitting-filled day. I plan to do quite a lot of eating, a fair bit of board game playing and possibly even fit in a little bit of knitting too. http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/25/happy-christmas-4/ Thanks to a lovely day of craft stuff last Sunday with Charlie, and the train journeys to and from the Maths in View conference last Monday, the Baby Surprise Jacket (from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop) is coming along well, and it is seriously sweet. Progress would probably be faster if ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/22/seriously-sweet/ Hello, I'm afraid Heather can't come to the blog right now as she has developed an unfortunate addiction to educational physics games. In the interests of your health, do not click on this link, or this one, unless you have already finished all your Christmas knitting, or have managed to ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/18/beep/ I borrowed the Baby Burco owned by the West Surrey Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers and have been having an experiment with dyeing solid colours. This is for my next City and Guilds project. Each project has to be inspired by a different one of our art modules, line, ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/11/dyeing-solid-colours/ We are into the season of three-Christmas-concerts-in-one-week here, one down, two to go, but I still seem to be breathing and playing most of the notes in approximately the right places so that is good. If any of you happen to be in the South West London area in the next ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/09/christmas-concerts/ I have finally cast on for a Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann for a friend's baby. Luckily the baby isn't expected til April so I am doing quite well. The yarn is 4ply weight, 80% superwash merino, 20% bamboo that I dyed a while ago. Here is the progress ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/08/baby-surprise-jacket/ On the 20th and 21st of November Mummy and I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at the International Halls in Harrogate. As has now become our tradition, we had a day at Texere on my way up North. I am obviously having a tools phase, since I didn't ... http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2008/12/04/harrogate-knitting-and-stitching-show/