I have been knitting on the picket line, and have listed five scarves
for sale on eBay. They’re various lengths, widths, and colours,
all based on the scarf Claire wears outdoors in episode 1...
Here’s a little break from ranting poems or pugilistic poetry! In
honour of the upcoming Outlander TV show, here’s an ‘arrangement
in progress’ I’ve made of The Skye Boat Song, which ...
Listen to whispers, stories in the wall. Poems found, Titles
titillate, tease, and tantalize. Writing on the wall whispers through
the room. . . . Last weekend I started wallpapering my dining r...
For the first time since Day 4 of NaNoWriMo I am actually above par.
Whoo hoo! I should be at 31666 and I’m at 32,058. The last
couple of days I’ve done several hundred extra to catch up ...
When we were in Paris last March, I found a shoe sale. I ended up
buying a pair of black leather wedge shoes (for just 12 Euros! John
said, “How much? Why don’t you buy the brown pair, to...
I have seen The Kilt worn. It is good. The way the pleats fit
smoothly from waist to hips, accenting the slight curve. The way the
pleats swing with the stride. The way it accents the positive....
Today, the straps and buckles arrived from Scotland at last, and so I
was able to finish off the kilt. I started by sewing down the
waistband. You’re supposed to match the plaid across the fron...
You may recall that I started with a 2X3 inch seed stitch base. The
last two entries have shown the bottom layer and edging. Three more
layers were added, spaced an inch apart, and the end. I...
finish the purl row, turn, add 8 stitches. knit back to the base of
the jabot, knitting the 8th stitch into the jabot (knit 2 together).
turn slip, knit one, yarn over, knit 2 together, yarn over...
Here is how I am constructing the knit lace jabot: Using a fine weight
white yarn, I knit 15 stitches in seed stitch (knit, purl) until work
measured 3 inches long by 2 inches wide. This is the...
