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May 30, 2007
So long, old boy
These are two of my favourite people. The one on the right, with the long face, made his final journey today, to the Great Paddock in the Sky. He was my darling sister's horse, a companion for the last 14 years, and I hope his loss will not leave her too bereft, for too long.
He was a Good Boy (Isy disagrees on this point), but not too good. In fact, he was sometimes bad. He had a big personality, the world's most uncomfortable trot, and a beautiful, deep copper summer coat. He never scared me, which is more than can be said of many horses.
Thanks for taking care of me when we rode together - sorry it wasn't more often. We'll miss your brown face looking over the stable door. We'll miss you arguing with your neighbours. We'll miss your grumps, and your gnashing teeth when we do up your girth. You always tried very hard to be good, and you sometimes failed, but we appreciated the effort.
Goodbye, Elliot.
Posted by Anna at 03:05 PM | Comments (18)
May 29, 2007
How we laughed
How we laughed, Ann and I, as we sat in the hotel lounge last New Year's Eve, quaffing champagne. How we laughed, when I confessed that I was working on a book, and how I'd never manage to keep up the website. How we laughed, when I thought aloud that I would distract my beloved readers with socks. With other people's socks.
Well. I couldn't pick a prettier one than sock genius Cookie A's twisted flower sock. It's for the sockapalooza (4). I took part in rounds one and two, missed round three, and now round four is a behemoth of a sock swap. My swapee specifically mentioned deep colours, and specifically mentioned yarn that would be good to launder and to wear, so I'm hoping this Regia Silk in merlot fits the bill. At this rate, I may even have time to knit the partner sock before August.
There's something called a Pligg, which I feel simply too Feak and Weeble to understand. Much like Ravelry, which everyone is raving about and which I am sure is the best fun - I simply do not have the mental faculty at the moment to devote to understanding yet another web tool. If indeed that is even what they are. You see how little I understand.
The truth, dear onions, is that with the deadline for the first batch of designs imminent, I am once again discovering the weighty truth that a swatch, a yarn choice, a sketch, does not (thank you Ruth) amount to a finished project. So I am forced to pull myself into focus and knuckle down and finish some things (some things that have been lying around waiting for a seam, a neck treatment, a decision, for months). And this is not good site fodder. I will do what I can, but I fear that may be very poor.
So I open the floor to the audeince. Please, as I have been so bad at keeping up with my reading, share what has given you most joy to work on these few months, what triumphs. And if there's anything you wish I would cover in my sporadic musings, I would be so grateful for any snippet of inspiration or direction you could give me. After all, after feeding and watering this site for so very long, it would seem terribly cruel to let it die of neglect now.
Posted by Anna at 06:33 PM | Comments (25)
May 20, 2007
Flicca:
There is an error in the given measurements for the armhole depth on the front pieces of the smallest sizes. I know that some people have made this cardigan, and the error is only 0.5 inch, so it seems the mistake does not prevent a successful knit. The correct measurements are shown in bold below, and this evening an updated version of the pattern will be in the shop and sent out to everyone who purchased Flicca.
Thanks to those who brought this to my attention.
Sizes 91 [102: 112] cm (36.5 [40: 44] inches) only
Left front
Shape neck and shoulder: (RS) Keeping stitch pattern correct throughout, dec 1 st at end of next and each alt row until 11 [12: 13] sts rem. Cont without shaping until armhole meas 19 [20.5: 21.5] cm (7.5 [8: 8.5] inches), ending with a WS row.
Right front
Shape neck and shoulder: (RS) Keeping stitch pattern correct throughout, dec 1 st at end of next and each alt row until 11 [12: 13] sts rem. Cont without shaping until armhole meas 19 [20.5: 21.5] cm (7.5 [8: 8.5] inches), ending with a RS row.
Posted by Anna at 04:10 PM | Comments (12)