OMG, so much has been happening that I have neglected SQ blog. First of all, I’m about 2/3rds through my second Chevron scarf using SQ Lavish in Fragrant Stocks and Turtle Dove. This will be winging its way down to Devon for the Hillcrest Studio Opening next week as another example of how my yarn [...]

At last. I’m enjoying this so far (probably one of the rare few – still giggle inwardly when I think of the Lime and Violet podcast where Lime said she was knitting the Chevron scarf and Violet replied “Oh, I’m sorry”). It’s got great tv watching knitability in this pattern. I opted for STR Sherbet [...]

This tickled me. Skein Princess brought back this reading book for homework last week. Bet you want to find out what happened next… Suffice to say, the scarf helped rescue a boy who ventured out onto a frozen pond. Have to say, “knitting” is quite a tricky word to read for a little one.

(This just looks weird and out of order now – it wasn’t blogger’s fault after all, it was Flock, the browser.) Well, the holiday is starting to feel like a distant memory already – the tan’s fading fast (factor 20 for the bod and 30 for the face this time round – what was I [...]

And I CANNOT wait! We leave in the wee small hours of the morning and I have my Richard and Judy Summer Reads picked out – The House at Riverton by Kate Morton, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday and How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper. Not sure how many [...]