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The Knitting Tourist and some other Knitting News
‘This essay is meant for those who intend to work with their hands at any craft. Its subject is the serious and fundamental necessity of handwork as an essential function of the life of man.’ – Ethel & Philip Mairet, 1918, An Essay on Craft and Obedience I found this tantalising snippet of writing along […]
Equipment WIN/FAIL
I was assisted before setting off for the West Highland Way by Trail Magazine’s snappily-titled Slash Pack Weight feature last month. With a strapline of Climb More Hills, this enthusiastically presented feature provided a good mixture of entertainment and sound advice for myself and Mark while we planned our trip and invested in items that […]
The West Highland Way
I am back after walking all 95 miles of the West Highland Way. Mark and I did the route in 6 days and not the 7 days recommended for novice long-distance walkers like ourselves and we both insisted on carrying all our gear with us, so today we are walking around like two very, very […]
Sheep: The remarkable story of the humble animal that built the modern world
It was with great excitement and high expectations that I read Alan Butler’s book; Sheep – The remarkable story of the humble animal that built the modern world. Opening with promisingly rapturous words on the importance of our ovine friends, the book goes on to deliver an account of the significance of sheep throughout the […]
Because I felt like it…
So one of the adventures of the offline time was that I have gotten the hang of knitting 2 colours using the 2 handed technique, which neatly ticks off one of this year’s knitting objectives and opens up a world of creative colour possibilities. The project which made 2-colour knitting accessible to me is the […]
August Online…
July offline was very eventful and the experiment was wholly successful. I didn’t keep myself 100% Internet free, I must confess. Missing some blogs just too much to bear, plus some necessary work-related admin and a few important fact-finding missions lured me into cyberspace on several occasions but the hours of staring at a computer-screen […]
July Offline
See you in August!
Woolfest
I spent the weekend here with Liz, Lara, Kate and Tom. Our temporary tent-village was frequented by the Herdwicks who also live in Sykes Farm and who produce the most amazing variety and quantity of baas around first light. The cows sometimes join in and I have attached a sound file here so that you […]
July Offline, Woolfest etc.
Thanks so much everyone for all the birthday wishes. It’s really been a magical few days and I am already feeling settled into my 30s. I’ve been busy enjoying my birthday gifts since yesterday and today I made a cyber-zombie from a book called Creepy Cute Crochet which I was given by the rest of […]
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