Mortmain: A tale of self discovery in the guise of knitting a sweater.

Despite having been a little quiet here on the blog since the beginning of the year, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been knitting to talk about. There has. Lots of knitting but unfortunately lots of re-knitting and tales of woe too. In the case of today’s Mortmain sweater it’s been quite a salutary lesson in ‘You should have known better’, or more precisely ‘You should have known yourself better’. Sometimes it seems we get a … More Mortmain: A tale of self discovery in the guise of knitting a sweater.

Weaving in the loose ends and looking ahead

Hello and welcome to a new year here on the blog. As we move forward into 2024 I wanted to take a moment to look back at the end of 2023, which in usual fashion hurtled to an end as I tried to keep up, and to have a little think about what the coming year may hold. My end of year reflections focus around 3 main things. Firstly, my trip to Lyon which I … More Weaving in the loose ends and looking ahead