Archive for October, 2006

Le tricot parisien
October 16, 2006

Everyone, but everyone should go for lunch in Paris once in their lives.  And while there, I believe that they should knit.  There are some more photos from the sojourn, but here are my two favourites…

Knitting at l’Union de Cercle Interalliée: to be followed very closely by… the Long Tall Barrister wearing the finished item:

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The latest in fair isle
October 16, 2006

Judith, makes these fantastic fair isle decorated undies:  currently she sells them on eBay as jc.designs, but she’s in the process of setting up her own business website.  They are awesome.  I chose my six favourites from the email she sent.  Click to make them full size. All pictures in this post are © [...]

Extreme Location
October 7, 2006

Not half an hour after this photograph was taken, it started to hail.  Horizontally.  This is the top of Mam Tor, in the Derbyshire Peak District…. very easy to top as a location I am sure.

Turning the Heel
October 7, 2006

(Extreme knitting on the 274 bus: I am sure someone else can do better) 
You have no idea how tricky it is to deal with turning a heel on public transport, when the woman sat next to you is so angled that she’s taken over half your seat, meaning that, in order not to elbow her in her ample [...]

An Extreme Item
October 7, 2006

Knitted Haggis with crocheted hat and hand pleated kilt.

What we are, and what we do
October 7, 2006

It all began when the Long Tall Barrister sitting on my left remarked that what the world really, really needed was a website full of extreme knitting: Extreme Knitting Dot Com.  The Enthusiastic Rugby Player on my right promptly agreed, and followed up with a story about the knitted fishnet stockings he’d happened upon, quite by accident [...]