Visit to Nairn, Scotland

Today we went for a visit to Nairn. We went for the river side walk. We took a break for me to do some sketching. Then we walked to the local wool shop and I bought some more sock wool(as though I don’t have enough!) And then we walked back. Here are some pictures.

The wiggly branches of these trees reminded me of the milkwood trees back in South Africa

I hope that you have been keeping well and having a lovely crafty time

Peace and love

Ellie

Xoxox

Meditation Knitting : What to meditate on

Dear Readers,

To start off with I must apologise for the delay. As happens to all of us, life caught up with me and I never got around to finishing my series on Knitting Meditation. That was largely because it took me a long time to create the video I wanted to accompany it. But with out further delay, lets get into it.

Meditation Knitting – Set Up

Dear Readers,
As promised today I am going to be telling you a little bit about how I do my meditation knitting in a little step by step guide. (As with last week’s post this also applies to crochet)

Meditation Knitting Introduction

Dear Readers,

Today I want to talk a bit about meditation knitting. It seems to be a popular phrase these days, I have seen many articles talk about knitting as mediation but they don’t really go into detail. They just say that knitting is good for you and your mind. So I have decided to write a series of blog posts about mediation knitting.(I would like to note that although I have written this is knitting most of this applies to crochet too! )

Knitting Needle Book Project

Dear Readers,

If you have ever purchased circular knittings needles to knit with you may have discovered the conundrum of how to store them! I have been looking for a good way to store my circular knitting needles for about 4 years now!

What was expected of a Victorian Knitter / Crocheter

In today’s blog I want to talk about working with knitting and crochet patterns from the Victorian Era, namely what was expected of the reader/crafter.

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Victorian Lace Trimming Pattern 1852

Dear Readers,

This week I have another freebie pattern for you! This one is a knitting pattern, and it is for a lace trim.

Beginners Easy Knitted Gloves

Dear Readers,

Today I want to talk about my new pattern! My Beginner’s Easy Knitted Gloves. It is the last in my beginner’s collection for the knitted patterns.

All about Sock Yarn

Dear Readers,

Today I want to talk all about sock yarn. That is, what kind of yarn can you use for making socks. I am specifically not refering to it as wool as that could be confusing.

First Hole in the Sock!

Dear Readers!

Happy New year! This is my first post of the year and while I had intended to only get back to writing tomorrow, something interesting happened this weekend so I thought that I would document it.