tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post4596127211138298673..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: So Much Yarn Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-4500924741730330672018-01-18T12:50:22.244+00:002018-01-18T12:50:22.244+00:00I panic buy wool! It's obviously deeply engrai...I panic buy wool! It's obviously deeply engrained because I had an anxiety dream about it the other day - I'd been up in Shetland and had no time to get any yarn. I woke up feeling terribly upset despite knowing I have no room for any more at the moment, and no real need for more yarn either. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-58229761908012580192018-01-16T19:46:10.027+00:002018-01-16T19:46:10.027+00:00What a lovely, wolly collection you have there; my...What a lovely, wolly collection you have there; my own stash is very much smaller than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-91106612125035037442018-01-15T19:30:49.766+00:002018-01-15T19:30:49.766+00:00This kind of craft (anything textile based) doesn&...This kind of craft (anything textile based) doesn't come particularly naturally to me (I can draw a bit, though haven't for years) my sister can't draw, but is brilliant with textiles. I've watched people crochet and have no idea how they do it. Knitting feels like it has very therapeutic qualities though, and creating anythingbis satisfying, so I stick with it. And what lovely to have things your mother's blankets must be. Unique for each baby, and something to treasure. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-82139723972436437252018-01-15T19:25:31.382+00:002018-01-15T19:25:31.382+00:00Thank you so much for the encouragement. I follow ...Thank you so much for the encouragement. I follow Kate Davies blog and have a couple of her books. I love her work, but the shape would be all wrong for me so haven't really made anything so far (and yes, I also find her patterns a bit complicated at the moment, though with more experience I can hope they'll seem less so). The whole thing is a learning curve, but it's something I enjoy, and find very calming so that stash will get used eventually.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-78438293269794800132018-01-15T09:00:53.253+00:002018-01-15T09:00:53.253+00:00You and my mother would have been great buddies. S...You and my mother would have been great buddies. She was never without some knitting and when her failing eyesight meant that she could no longer manage to make garments that way she turned to crocheting with wool which she could do by touch. There was never a baby born to one of my friends or work colleagues who didn’t come home from the hospital wrapped in one of my mother’s crocheted blankets. Café Societyhttp://cafesociety956.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-18026032033858225872018-01-14T23:31:18.800+00:002018-01-14T23:31:18.800+00:00Yup, sorting out the stash is very rewarding and m...Yup, sorting out the stash is very rewarding and makes one feel quite virtuous, and yup, figuring out what to do with it all is difficult. I am not a FaceBook person (many reasons) which is partly my antipathy to anything digital, and I am hopeless at following charts (despite a lifetime of knitting) which is, perhaps, because of dyslexic issues. Kate Davies has been designing some really gorgeous knitting projects and her husband Tom writes about whiskey as well as taking amazing photos of various parts of Scotland and the Hebrides. If you look at her website she's got lots of projects (using her own Buachaille) which should help you use up some of those lovely choices. She uses Ravelry (anthing to do with such sophisticated sites almost makes me break out in hives!) and I urge you to do some searching for her website and check out what she does.<br /><br />Meanwhile I've figured out how to follow her patterns using intuitive methods and some work arounds. She does a lot of shaping and stuff that I don't need or want to do. Lovely but too complicated for this old person.<br /><br />You may not be accomplished by your own assessment but you've shown us things that you have knitted and they are gorgeous!<br /><br />Good LuckGinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995557136967349805noreply@blogger.com