Knitting Experiments

posted: Friday, 6th July 2012

I'm still working away on my crochet bowl but knowing I have a long train ride today, and maybe an evening alone in a hotel room, I want to pack lots to occupy me so a rummage through my yarn stash reveals this gorgeous Debbie Bliss SoHo I bought a few years ago at The Knitting & Stitching Show.

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Joanna Radford Class

posted: Wednesday, 4th July 2012

I've popped down to Torquay again to do a one-day class with Joanna Radford.

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Working On The Train

posted: Tuesday, 3rd July 2012

My head says geometric and fiddly but my hands say no so my 4 1/2 hours travelling down to Torquay today is spent proofing geometric and crocheting instead.

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Non Geometrics

posted: Monday, 2nd July 2012

I decided to give my poor geometric filled brain a break from corners today and worked on a cuff bangle with an interchangeable centre piece.

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Pineapples

posted: Sunday, 1st July 2012

Today I decided to take a couple of hours off and explore London by cycle looking for pineapples.

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Spicy Spirals

posted: Friday, 29th June 2012

My copy of the latest issue of Beads & Beyond arrived today containing not just my 'Spicy Spirals' project but also an extract from Beaded Bugs.

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Pentagon Bangle Finished

posted: Thursday, 28th June 2012

I think I have now beaded all my projects for the book- phew.

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One Of Those Days

posted: Wednesday, 27th June 2012

Normally when I have one of those days it makes me want to stay in bed and hide but today was ONE OF THOSE DAYS. One filled with so much awesome the 24 hours could barely keep it in.

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Always Onward

posted: Tuesday, 26th June 2012

It may look as though not much is going on with the book but I can assure you that behind the scenes wheels are spinning, photos are developing (or doing whatever digital photos do), beads are combining and words are leaping onto pages.

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Knitting And Pentagoning

posted: Monday, 25th June 2012

Back home and busy working away on my pentagon bangle (which will be a project in Contemporary Geometric Beadwork) and also pondering my knitting

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